Oil marketers have revealed that the landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) as of Friday was N922.65 per litre. Dealers said this cost factors in various expenses including shipping, import duties, and exchange rates. The amount is a considerable reduction of N32.35 from the N955 per litre offered at the loading gantry of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. This decrease …

Oil marketers have declared that filling stations should not be blamed for the hike in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, as queues for the commodity surfaced in various locations on Saturday. Many filling stations in Lagos, Ogun, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, among others, were closed on Saturday, as dealers explained that they were monitoring …

The loading cost of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) and other refined petroleum products at the depots increased on Monday. The PUNCH gathered that marketers raised petrol and diesel prices at depots by N43 or 4.74 per cent due to the rising crude oil prices. Earlier, the cost of Brent, the global benchmark for crude, reached $79.76 per barrel on Sunday. …

Still bleeding from the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy, marketers under the auspices of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), have urged the Federal Government to provide its members a N100 billion grant in order to prevent the imminent closure of about 10,000 fuel retail outlets. In a position paper to the Federal Government …

Intense pricing competition emerged in the nation’s downstream sector on Saturday after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) reduced its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly referred to as petrol, to N899 per litre. This decision, coming days after the Dangote Refinery reduced its price to N899, was confirmed by the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association …

Three oil marketers – AYM Shafa Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, and Matrix Petroleum Services Limited – have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals. The marketers, in a joint counter affidavit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024, and dated 5 November 2024, a response to an originating summon filed by Dangote Petroleum …

Mrs. Bateren Nofisat Yinka, 50, is one of the six artisans honoured by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Best Graduating Tradesmen in the just-concluded up-skilling programme taken across the Lagos State Skill Acquisition Centres. The trader, nominated for the course by Bamboo Marketers Association, was one of the 1,200 artisans and tradesmen across Lagos who took the intensive eight-week vocational …

Oil marketers, on Friday, revealed that the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, produced by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery was between N1,015 and N1,028/litre depending on the quantity being purchased. Based on this, the dealers vowed to import the commodity and sell it below the Dangote refinery price as well as the price being sold by NNPC …

Aliko Dangote, chairman of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company, says his company has the capacity to meet the country’s local demand and urged marketers to stop importing the product. Dangote said this while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu to review the sale of crude in naira to local refiners at the Presidential Villa …

Oil marketers have said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) portal used to purchase petrol has been shut against dealers, making it impossible for them to apply for the commodity purchase. They said marketers are still awaiting over 90 million litres of petrol from the state-owned company. This is valued at about N79 billion. Amid marketers’ complaints over …