Nigeria, May 31 -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Wednesday approved an upward review in the pump price of petroleum nationwide.

The approval takes effect from Wednesday, 31 May, the NNPCL said in a circular on Wednesday.

The development comes days after the government's declaration that it will put an end to the fuel subsidy regime.

Fuel queues returned to Nigerian cities Monday as many motorists scrambled to get petroleum products hours after President Bola Tinubu announced that the government would put an end to the fuel subsidy regime.

Mr Tinubu, on Monday, in his inaugural address at Eagle Square, Abuja, declared that there would no longer be a petroleum subsidy regime as it was not sustainable.

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