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Nigeria’s state-owned oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has accused the Dangote Petroleum Refinery of attempting to monopolise Nigeria’s fuel market through a lawsuit seeking to restrict fuel import licences granted to rival marketers. According to court documents, the NNPC, in a proposed defence filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos State, argued that granting Dangote Refinery’s request to void or limit import permits issued by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority would expose the country to fuel supply disruptions, price instability and threats to national energy security. Dangote Petroleum Refinery had, in April, dragged Nigeria’s Attorney General to court, challenging fuel import licences issued or renewed by the NMDPRA to fuel marketers and the NNPC.

The refinery argued that the import permits undermine local refining efforts and violate provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), which was introduced to reform Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. However, the NNPC countered the claims, insisting that Nigerian law permits the issuance of import licences to companies with local refining licences or firms with established records in international crude oil and petroleum products trading. The oil company further argued that regulators retain discretionary powers to manage fuel imports under Nigeria’s backward integration policy and that there is no absolute ban on fuel imports except where there is proven sufficiency in local supply.

According to the court filings cited by Reuters, the NNPC also faulted Dangote Refinery for allegedly failing to provide “credible, independent or verifiable evidence” proving it can satisfy Nigeria’s nationwide fuel demand without interruption. The NNPC additionally denied allegations that it deliberately frustrated Dangote Refinery’s operations or withheld crude oil supplies from the company. It maintained that crude oil allocations are determined by operational, commercial, security and logistical considerations. Dangote Refinery declined to comment on the matter, citing the ongoing legal proceedings. Fuel marketers are also said to have opposed Dangote’s lawsuit, warning that restricting imports could weaken competition and threaten fuel supply stability across the country. The Federal High Court is expected to hear the case in the coming weeks.

Source: https://saharareporters.com/2026/05/22/nigerian-petroleum-company-nnpc-accuses-dangote-refinery-attempting-monopolise-fuel

na the same NNPC allow the snake enter. snake wan chop all the eggs wey dey basket

when we tell nigerians, dem no dey listen

Same NNPCL that claimed its refineries are working and did multiple fanfare commissioning is accusing a company less than 4yrs in refining operations of monopoly. We once queued up for fuel in NNPC filling stations that year sef.

Why don’t they get their acts together, sell off the scraps and move on. Let’s not forget they recently tried to increase their stake in Dangote refinery and he refused. We must boost local refining o, by fire by force.

it was the plan under buhari to weaken NNPC

pacino26:
Same NNPCL that claimed its refineries are working and did multiple fanfare commissioning is accusing a company less than 4yrs in refining operations of monopoly. We once queued up for fuel in NNPC filling stations that year sef.

Why don’t they get their acts together, sell off the scraps and move on. Let’s not forget they recently tried to increase their stake in Dangote refinery and he refused. We must boost local refining o, by fire by force.

I don't understand why Dangote wants fuel importation into Nigeria to be totally banned

If every country with refineries start banning importation of Fuel,will he like it?

Base on our experience with Cement and Rice, I'm totally against the ban on importation of Fuel. it will give room for Dangote to dictate the price, if importation was not banned, there will be a price war between the Importers and Producers which will favour Nigerians

Banning importation will really weaken competition

pacino26:
Same NNPCL that claimed its refineries are working and did multiple fanfare commissioning is accusing a company less than 4yrs in refining operations of monopoly. We once queued up for fuel in NNPC filling stations that year sef.

Why don’t they get their acts together, sell off the scraps and move on. Let’s not forget they recently tried to increase their stake in Dangote refinery and he refused. We must boost local refining o, by fire by force.

They have no plans to sell it

They have signed a contract with some Chinese to repair and run the PH refinery

Parachoko:
They have no plans to sell it

They have signed a contract with some Chinese to repair and run the PH refinery

This is like trying to modify a Toyota Camry 1998 into a Benz E-Class 2025 it won’t work. The rational thing is they have a refining license, with exemption for storage tanks and some process piping they should just overhaul the entire refinery to a new one. That’s what I meant. The refining process and current capacity is outdated. They should just scrap it.

pacino26:
This is like trying to modify a Toyota Camry 1998 into a Benz E-Class 2025 it won’t work. The rational thing is they have a refining license, with exemption for storage tanks and some process piping they should just overhaul the entire refinery to a new one. That’s what I meant. The refining process and current capacity is outdated. They should just scrap it.

It can't be overhaul to a new one. It will cost more compared to just building a new refinery.

Some work can be done that will make the refinery work.

I have Confidence the Chinese will make it work

When NNPC practically controlled the downstream sector, what exactly did Nigerians gain from it? Years of corruption, opaque subsidy payments, endless fuel scarcity, and import dependency despite being an oil-producing nation.

Now that a local refinery is trying to reduce that dependency, the same system suddenly remembers “competition” and “market stability.” They should go and sleep abeg.

This is not sounding new

Exactly what he is trying to do

Dangote is a wickked monopolist. He would never rest until he improvises Nigeria

Make una dey look am na till he comot food for una mouth.

I am with Dangote on this. NNPC is relying on those who wont bother to read our country's regulations. Import should only be when Nigeria's local suppliers of fuel are unable to meet demand. That is not the situation currently according to Dangote.

Na now NNPC wake up from sleep.

I don't understand this backward integration logic, it's not working in the petroleum sector abeg.
Why allow someone to import because he is having a refinery license when e no build the refinery.
We don't even know the number of licence holders that we are currently having, all of dem dey apply for licence without plan to build

pacino26:
This is like trying to modify a Toyota Camry 1998 into a Benz E-Class 2025 it won’t work. The rational thing is they have a refining license, with exemption for storage tanks and some process piping they should just overhaul the entire refinery to a new one. That’s what I meant. The refining process and current capacity is outdated. They should just scrap it.

E be like say you never watch pi.m.p my ride...


If they have genuine intentions they can make those refineries work.


The best thing to do is sell it to private firms and not outright scrapping.

Nnpc is just too corrupt for the refineries to work... it's not the refineries themselves that is the problem!

You only monopolise the product you have an absolute adavantage over. As in Dangote refinery, he's the only refinery refining crude oil currently as far as I know. No competitors and that's a natural monopoly been handed to him by the Nigeria ineffective government. It's not Dangote's fault but the ineffective government and leaders in all departments of Nigeria economy. Don't be envious of a man that has passed you by already, just focus, re-strategize, stop stealing and be serious with the mandate the Nigerian people have given to you.....

Enu enu pink see just wake up from sleep

Our enemies are desperate for us to return to heavy dollar dependence.

Dangote nailed their coffin and they will do anything to make us resume importation, and still won’t allow us do it with Naira.

Time to start saving in USD. If importation resumes, USD taking flight against the Naira!

When will the NNPC refineries start working?

That is exactly what he is doing.
He wants to monopolise the market and dictate the prices.
That is exactly how he has done in other areas of the economy, and that was how he became stupendously rich.
No other country will tolerate this.
A business man wakes up in the morning, and tells us that he has added so so money to the pump prices of petroleum products actoss a country of over 300 million people, and we accept that.
That should be the role of the government but somehow, corruption has made the people in power to surrender Nigerias oil industry to all these shady characters..
That he built a refinery is not enough excuse for him to hyjack Nigerias oil industry!

WhizdomXX:
When will the NNPC refineries start working?

The same people who told you to start importing and not allow Dangote to have monopoly will NEVER make it work.

Don’t you know it’s bad business for all our refineries to start optimum production running along with that of Dangote too?

It will kill the USD!

Shameless organisation dn talk 😡

HacheNoire:
The same people who told you to start importing and not allow Dangote to have monopoly will NEVER make it work.

Don’t you know it’s bad business for all our refineries to start optimum production running along with that of Dangote too?

It will kill the USD!

Nigeria will work and the naira will be strong again. It's only a matter of time.

WhizdomXX:
Nigeria will work and the naira will be strong again. It's only a matter of time.

Definitely!

I love knowing we still have patriotic citizens like you in the country!

Before they talk. They should account for the missing trillions of naira missing under their cover over the years. They want authorities to divert attention away from the trillions they embezzled which they couldn't account for.

Dangote is fucking greedy men.

I love and appreciate what he's doing with industrialisation and job creation.

But looking what he's doing in cement where Nigeria
Pays the most expensive price for one bag of cement while he continue posting humongous profit year after year, I don't support granting him monopoly over our energy industry.

He's not driven by altruism but rather exploitation of the masses

Itzlinda:
Dangote is fucking greedy men.

I love and appreciate what he's doing with industrialisation and job creation.

But looking what he's doing in cement where Nigeria
Pays the most expensive price for one bag of cement while he continue posting humongous profit year after year, I don't support granting him monopoly over our energy industry.

He's not driven by altruism but rather exploitation of the masses

We have 5 company producing cement can’t you buy from others what do you sell you think he just dictate price cost price determines selling price

NNPC you had all these years to do the right thing but you couldn't. If you want to compete go and fix those refineries and make them functional. You're not allowed to compete with imported petroleum products you fools.

Nigerians must be thankful to Dangote for once.

NNPC are following the advise of world Bank to destroy dangote refinery and return Nigeria to square one.

I nor dey like put mouth for husband and wife matter

NNPC should shutdifukup and stop wailing. There is a solution to every problem, fix all our refineries and let them work at optimum capacity and see the law of demand and supply set the records straight. Stupid set of elders