Dangote Refinery drags Nigerian Govt to court over fresh petrol import licenses

Dangote Refinery has dragged the Nigerian authorities to tribunal implicit caller import licenses issued to petrol marketers and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL.

According to Reuters, successful a filing on Friday, the 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery asked the Federal High Court successful Lagos to acceptable speech import permits issued oregon renewed by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA.

Recall that stakeholders person kicked against caller petrol import licenses issued to six petroleum marketers contempt Dangote Refinery having astir 79 percent capableness to conscionable in-country substance proviso demand.

In an concern information released by NMDPRA, the authorization stated that successful April 2026, Dangote Refinery supplied 79 percent of the country’s petrol consumption.

However, NMDPRA, ignoring concern adept advice, had insisted connected issuing caller licenses.

In reaction, Dangote Petroleum Refinery has filed a caller suit against the Federal Government successful a bid to overturn substance import licenses issued to ‌marketers and the NNPC.

It accused the Nigerian authorities of argumentation somersault contempt its projection of a Nigerian-f...