{"id":61466,"date":"2025-02-18T09:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T09:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=61466"},"modified":"2025-02-18T09:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T09:52:22","slug":"viral-fuel-comparison-video-spurs-long-queues-at-mrs-stations-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/18\/viral-fuel-comparison-video-spurs-long-queues-at-mrs-stations-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Fuel Comparison Video Spurs Long Queues at MRS Stations in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emmanuel Ogbodo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Long queues have reappeared at MRS petrol stations in Lagos following a viral video comparing fuel performance from Dangote Refinery and NNPC.<\/p>\n<p>The video, shared on Tuesday by tech content creator Olatunde Shobajo (Valor Reviews), demonstrated that a generator powered by Dangote fuel ran for 30 minutes and 51 seconds compared to 17 minutes and 51 seconds on NNPC fuel\u2014a 13-minute difference.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have seized on the test to question NNPC&#8217;s market practices, but NNPC has dismissed the video as misleading.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson clarified that both fuels tested were sourced from Dangote Refinery, a strategic partner of NNPC, and affirmed adherence to strict quality standards.<\/p>\n<p>The company also warned of legal action against those spreading what it deems false information.<\/p>\n<p>The incident underscores the intense competition in Nigeria&#8217;s fuel market and the impact of social media on consumer behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ogbodo Long queues have reappeared at MRS petrol stations in Lagos following a viral video comparing fuel performance from Dangote Refinery and NNPC. The video, shared on Tuesday by tech content creator Olatunde Shobajo (Valor Reviews), demonstrated that a generator powered by Dangote fuel ran for 30 minutes and 51 seconds compared to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":61467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-61466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61468,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61466\/revisions\/61468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}