Gasoline queues have been reported at petrol stations in Lagos and Abuja since September 30, with extra motorists experiencing delays on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, as some retailers that had been promoting gasoline earlier within the day suspended gross sales by the afternoon.
BusinessTimes confirmed that in visits to NNPC and Bovas stations in Ojodu, Lagos, gasoline was out there within the morning on October 1, however by previous 1 p.m., gross sales had stopped, forcing motorists to hunt alternate options.
Residents additionally shared their experiences on social media. In Lagos, commuter Tutu (@Tutu40503013) described visiting 4 stations, solely to search out that the fourth had stopped promoting. By the point she reached one other station, a queue had already fashioned, illustrating the difficulties motorists confronted.
Her put up learn partly: “Abeg, what is going on… gasoline shortage looming? Been to love 4 filling stations already… the 4th one stopped promoting sooner or later, and we needed to go and search for one other. By the point we received to the subsequent, the queue had already began build up. Pengassan e da kun o.”
In Abuja, Retson Tedheke (Sarkin Yakin Ga’ate) (@RetsonTedheke01) shared on X on the afternoon of September 30 an image exhibiting automobiles queuing at a TotalEnergies station, highlighting delays motorists confronted. Earlier that day, one other X person, Nipelomo (@omoagberi), posted a brief video exhibiting automobiles lined up at an AP filling station with the caption: “Gasoline queue hit Abuja.”
The return of queues contrasts with the latest interval of relative stability, throughout which Nigerians had largely loved uninterrupted gasoline provide following Dangote Refinery’s entry into the home market.
What it’s best to know
The return of gasoline queues follows a dispute between Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the Petroleum and Pure Gasoline Senior Employees Affiliation of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
- Following earlier claims by PENGASSAN that the Dangote Refinery had sacked all its Nigerian workers, the Dangote Group clarified on September 25, that solely a small variety of workers had been affected. The reorganisation, it mentioned, was aimed toward safeguarding operations and stopping sabotage.
- On September 26, PENGASSAN ordered members to halt fuel and crude deliveries to the refinery and droop vessel loading operations, citing grievances over alleged unfair therapy of staff searching for to unionize. The directive was despatched to department chairmen at main oil and fuel firms, together with TotalEnergies, Seplat, Chevron, Oando, Shell, and NGIC.
The Dangote Group described the union’s directive as illegal and disruptive, warning it may halt manufacturing and distribution of petrol, diesel, aviation gasoline, kerosene, and cooking fuel throughout the nation.
Federal Authorities intervention led to a truce, with PENGASSAN set to droop its nationwide strike following a two-day conciliation assembly in Abuja.