Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has disclosed that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s refineries will soon be producing aviation fuel. Dr. Kachikwu, who met with Hadi Sirika, his counterpart in the aviation ministry, said that although the refineries are not producing aviation fuel for now, efforts will be made in due course […]
Continue ReadingIn the face of the current fuel scarcity, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, few days back commented that he could not do magic to end the crisis. His comment has angered some groups, including the South South APC, NANS and some Civil Society Organisations, who have called for the minister’s resignation. The Minister, […]
Continue ReadingJust few days after Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, made a comment that did not go down well with Nigerians in face of the hardship occassioned by inadequate supply of fuel, the minister has made a dramatic u-turn on Tuesday. He said that the long queues in the country’s petrol stations […]
Continue ReadingThe national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, yesterday, lambast Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum resources, for telling Nigerians that he “was not trained as a magician”. Tinubu, wondered why a public servant would talk down on those he was meant to serve, charging: “Kachikwu’s flippancy was out-of-line. He was basically telling […]
Continue ReadingIf you were expecting to hear a cheering news from the Federal Government on the fuel situation, the Federal Government has something else for you. The minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, said on Wednesday in Abuja that “complete elimination” of fuel queues in the country would only be possible in the next […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, yesterday (Monday) spoke at the sixth African Petroleum Congress in Abuja, where he gave a fine rendition of a poem on oil, expressing assurance that its prices would rise again. Kachikwu said the prices may not rise too high, but they would also not stay too low. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has stated that the federal government has not unbundled the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, but only restructuring. The minister who spoke to state house correspondents, said he was alarmed by reports that the NNPC had been split into separate entities. “We have not unbundled NNPC. […]
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