Dangote Refinery raises fuel price by N65 per litre amid fuel import surge

Dangote Refinery has raised its gantry petrol terms to N1,265 per litre amid a surge successful Nigeria’s substance imports.

A marketplace survey by DAILY POST showed that the mega refinery accrued its petrol terms by N65 per litre.

DAILY POST reports that betwixt August 21 and August 29, 2026, the refinery raised its petrol gantry terms by N100 per litre to N1,265.

Recall that Dangote Refinery had blamed the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA for the surge successful substance imports into the country.

NMDPRA manufacture information for July showed that substance imports accounted for 43.3 percent, against 56.7 percent home petrol proviso by Dangote Refinery.

Dangote Refinery’s upward question successful substance prices whitethorn propulsion up retail petrol prices, which presently basal astatine betwixt N1,230 and N1,275 per litre astatine filling stations successful Abuja.

Dangote Refinery raises substance terms by N65 per litre amid substance import surge