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Nigeria has approved a fresh round of petrol and diesel imports for the July to September quarter, a move that signals renewed pressure on domestic fuel supply even as the country pushes to lean more heavily on local refining. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority issued the clean product import permits to…
Nigeria’s daily importation of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as petrol, climbed sharply by 96.6 percent in March 2026, reaching 5.9 million litres per day, up from 3.0 million litres per day recorded in February. The figures were published on Tuesday by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority in its monthly fact…
Nigeria’s petrol import bill dropped to $10 billion in 2025, a 28.88 percent decline from the $14.06 billion spent the previous year. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) latest balance of payments report attributes this sharp contraction to the commencement of domestic production at the Dangote Refinery. The 650,000-barrel-per-day facility began churning out…
Vessels carrying 129,000 metric tonnes of Premium Motor Spirit and Automotive Gas Oil are scheduled to dock at Nigerian ports between March 14 and 17, 2026, even as the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority maintains that no new petrol import licences have been issued this year. The arrivals, documented in the Nigerian Ports…
