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Dangote Petroleum Refinery has raised the price of petrol sold to its customers to N1,350 per litre, up from N1,265, with the new rate taking effect on Saturday, September 12, 2026. The increase was communicated in a circular issued late on Friday by the refinery’s Group Commercial Operations department, which also revised the coastal delivery…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, has said he would moderate petrol pump prices across the country if elected president in 2027 by removing corruption from the subsidy system and improving domestic refining arrangements. Speaking in an interview on Arise Television on Thursday, 10 September 2026, Obi stated: “We’ll moderate fuel…
Petroleum marketers returned to naira transactions at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Wednesday after a week of dollar denominated pricing that unsettled Nigeria’s downstream market, but the relief arrived with a higher bill, as the refinery lifted its ex depot petrol price by N140 per litre. A notice issued by the refinery’s commercial department,…
Fuel marketers have resumed lifting petrol and diesel from private depots across the country after nearly a week of disrupted loading, even as ex depot prices climbed again in Lagos and moved unevenly in other coastal hubs, signalling that the volatility unleashed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s shift to dollar pricing is far from over….
The naira era for petrol at Nigeria’s biggest refinery has come to a close. Dangote Petroleum Refinery has switched the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), and Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK) to the United States dollar, ending the naira based system introduced barely twenty months ago and setting off fresh…
Independent domestic fuel dealers are pushing for a full restoration of their direct importation rights, claiming they can lower pump prices below N800 per litre. Abubakar Maigandi, the national president of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, announced the target following an emergency meeting with state energy officials. The bold prediction reflects a growing…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has warned oil marketers against exploiting consumers, saying current retail petrol prices do not reflect the sharp decline in global crude oil prices, and has threatened sanctions against companies found guilty of anti-competitive conduct. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Commission said its ongoing surveillance…
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’s refinery has scrapped its brief attempt to raise the price of petrol at its gates. On Wednesday, the firm reversed a N75 increase that had pushed the depot price toward N1,350 per litre. The cost for marketers has now returned to the N1,275 benchmark. This pivot follows a week of confusion that saw…
The National Bureau of Statistics reports that average retail petrol prices fell by 15.6 per cent year-on-year by February 2026. Data confirms the average cost reached ₦1,051.47, down from ₦1,245.80 in February 2025. This annual decline suggests a slight cooling in the downstream oil sector since the shock of the 2023 subsidy removal. Yet, the…