Dangote Sues Government Over Fuel Import Licences

Dangote Sues Government Over Fuel Import Licenses

Aliko Dangote has renewed his legal war against the Nigerian government over fuel imports. The billionaire’s 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery filed a fresh lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Lagos to nullify import permits granted to marketers and the state oil company. The legal challenge targets the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. The regulator…

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UK Jury Set to Decide Diezani Bribery Case

Diezani Had No Power Over Oil Contracts, Defence Tells UK Court

  Former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke had no decisive authority to award major oil and gas contracts during her tenure and functioned merely as a “rubber stamp” for recommendations from senior civil servants, her defence counsel told jurors at Southwark Crown Court in London on Thursday. Jonathan Laidlaw, appearing for Alison-Madueke, rejected…

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