The shortage, which has been going on for more than a month, means that Africa's biggest economy is slowly grinding to halt, says the BBC's Will Ross in Lagos.
Most Nigerian businesses and homes rely on diesel-powered generators because of the poor electricity infrastructure.
Over the weekend, two of country's leading mobile phone companies, MTN and Airtel, warned that the fuel scarcity could effect their services as they were finding it difficult to supply diesel to the base stations.
Traffic on the roads is also reducing as many fuel stations have stopped selling petrol and there are long queues at places where they are selling petrol, our correspondent says.
Many domestic flights have been cancelled and some international flights are having to land in neighbouring countries to refuel.
(BBC)
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