ADITOP accuses NUPENG of extortion, excessive levies on tanker owners - ITREALMS

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The Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) has accused the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) of extortion and excessive levies collection within the downstream sector.

This accusation came on the heels of a vote of no confidence passed on the leadership of NUPENG by the Lagos Zone of Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of the union (PTD). 

Rivers fire disaster: FRSC blames tanker drivers jostling for space - ITREALMS

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has identified the cause of the weekend fire disaster along the ongoing reconstructed section of the East West Road in Rivers State, blaming tankers drivers who were jostling for space, reports ITREALMS.

The fire, ITREALMS gathered, consumed some five persons including a pregnant woman and 120 vehicles.

8 dead in Anambra Tanker fire - ITREALMS

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An estimated eight persons were reportedly dead from the fire disaster in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, reports ITREALMS.

The fire was ignited following an accident involving a fuel carrying tanker some three metres away from the Government House Lodge in Amawbia on Saturday night.
Also, the News Express reported that the inferno burnt most of the vehicles parked around the scene of the accident, even as on-coming vehicles were hurriedly diverted to take other routes.

The full extent of the damage caused by the accident was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.

*Additional report from News Express.

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