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Nigeria exported an estimated 148.9 million barrels of crude oil valued at N20.22 trillion during the first five months of 2026. This financial windfall comes despite persistent domestic challenges in hitting headline production targets. International oil prices surged following a geopolitical conflict in the Middle East that restricted passage through the Strait of Hormuz. High…
Households and small businesses across Nigeria are paying nearly two and a half times more for cooking gas than they did at the start of the year, pushing marketers toward large scale importation in a bid to crash prices and end a biting scarcity. Cooking gas now sells at N2,400 per kilogramme in several locations,…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s bid to halt fuel importation, warning that the refinery’s products are sold at “significantly high and fluctuating market prices” and that granting its requests could hand it monopoly control of Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector….
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has launched a fierce legal defense of fuel imports to prevent a private monopoly. In a counter-affidavit filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos, the state oil firm urged judges to dismiss a lawsuit by Aliko Dangote. The billionaire’s twenty-billion-dollar refinery wants the court to void import permits…
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…
Billions of dollars in rehabilitation contracts and a decades-long search for efficiency have failed to shift former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s conviction that Nigeria’s state-owned refineries are beyond repair. As the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited pushes toward a June 2026 deadline to secure technical partners for the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna facilities,…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has significantly scaled its crude supply to the Dangote Oil and Gas Company, delivering over 1.03 million metric tonnes of crude in April 2026. This volume equates to roughly 6.8 million barrels or 1.08 billion litres. Eight major cargoes handled by the NNPC trading arm facilitated this flow,…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has increased crude oil supply to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to seven cargoes for May 2026, up from the five cargoes supplied in previous months, two trade sources and a refinery official told Reuters. The increase follows a directive to prioritise domestic crude supply and comes as the…
On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) adjusted its pump price to ₦937 per litre, while major independent marketers like Petrocam and Javy followed suit, pricing the product at ₦935 and ₦930, respectively. The price hike is being driven by the escalating war between the United States, Israel, and Iran,…
The Federal Government has initiated a fresh strategic framework to synchronize domestic gas production with national power requirements. This policy aims to eliminate the persistent supply bottlenecks currently hindering the stability of the national electricity grid. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, officially disclosed this directive during a recent industry summit. The…
