The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said the Dangote Petroleum Refinery should sell Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) below the current N825 per litre price being sold by the Lekki-based plant. IPMAN Publicity Secretary, Chinedu Udadike, in an interview with Sunday PUNCH, stated that the refinery had the necessary enabling factors to sell petrol below its current ex-depot …

Petroleum product marketers on Monday lamented their losses as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) reduced the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to N880 per litre in Lagos and N935 in Abuja. From N925, some NNPCL retail outlets in Lagos changed their pump price to N880 on Easter Monday, while those in Abuja adjusted from N950 to N935. …

Despite improved domestic refining capacity in Nigeria, major oil marketers have continued to import refined petroleum products, as they imported 6.38 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) and Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) in five months. But independent marketers and retailers, through their various associations, kicked against the development, as the importation of these commodities gulped about N6tn, a development …

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 …