NNPC Pushes Back Against Dangote in Petrol Import Permit Lawsuit
Dangote Petroleum Refinery filed the lawsuit in April against Nigeria’s attorney general, challenging fuel import licences issued or renewed by the NMDPRA to marketers and NNPC.

Dangote Petroleum Refinery filed the lawsuit in April against Nigeria’s attorney general, challenging fuel import licences issued or renewed by the NMDPRA to marketers and NNPC.
The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) has criticised the lawsuit filed by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery seeking to revoke fuel import licences issued by the Federal Government through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The association warned that the legal action could destabilise Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector, disrupt […]
Nigeria’s latest attempt to revive its long-troubled refineries in a partnership with two Chinese companies has been met with deep skepticism from critics and energy experts. The state-owned energy company Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hong Kong-listed Sanjiang Chemical Company Limited and Xingcheng (Fuzhou) Industrial Park Operation […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced that some power generation companies may experience reduced gas supply following a planned four-day maintenance exercise by Seplat Energy Plc. In a statement issued on Thursday by NNPC spokesperson, Andy Odeh, the national oil company disclosed that Seplat, a key gas supplier into the NNPC Gas […]
On Wednesday, 4 February, Bayo Ojulari, group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, reopened a sensitive fault line in Nigeria’s energy sector as he spoke on the uneasy coexistence of private efficiency and public failure in domestic refining. Speaking during a Fireside Chat on Securing Nigeria’s Energy Future at the […]