Nigeria Spends N12.8trn on Petrol Imports in 15 Months   As Nigeria struggles to ramp up local refinery of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petroleum, at least N12.8trn worth of the product was imported into the country from August 2024 to October 2025, analysis...

23 Refineries Licensed in Four Years - NMDPRA   In the last four years of the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the Federal Government has issued 23 licenses to proposed refineries to establish their operations. Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) disclosed this...

FG Suspends Planned 15% Import Duty on Petrol, Diesel The Federal Government has suspended the planned implementation of a 15 per cent ad-valorem import duty on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Automotive Gas Oil (diesel). The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) confirmed the...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a 15 percent import duty on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, and Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), also called diesel, in a new directive expected to impact retail fuel prices nationwide.

Nigeria's Petrol Imports Reach 15bn Litres Amidst Dangote Refinery Production   Despite increased refining capacity, Nigeria imported 69 per cent of the 21 billion litres of petrol it consumed between August 2024 and the first 10 days of October 2025, according to data from the NMDPRA. Nigeria...

Dangote Refinery Now Produces 20m Litres of Fuel Daily - NMDPRA   The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) Farouk Ahmed, has disclosed that the 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote refinery has begun to transform Nigeria’s petroleum supply landscape, contributing an average of...