Nigeria regulator approves petrol import permits for 830,000 tonnes

Nigeria’s Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has approved petrol import permits covering about 830,000 metric tonnes, PREMIUM TIMES reported. The permits were approved for multiple oil marketers, according to the report. The supplies are intended for a period ahead of the fourth quarter of 2026.

The reported approvals come amid what PREMIUM TIMES described as a legal battle involving Dangote. The supplied material does not specify the parties’ legal arguments, the court handling the case or how the permits relate to the dispute. It also does not identify the marketers that received approval, give the individual volumes covered by the permits or state when shipments are expected to arrive.

The report provides no further information on the regulator’s stated reasoning, the source of the approval or the likely effect on petrol availability and prices. It says only that the authority has authorised imports on the stated scale. The development concerns Nigeria’s downstream fuel market and the role of imports alongside domestic refining.

However, the supplied account does not provide production figures, consumption data or details of any changes to existing import policy. The information was presented as having been learned by PREMIUM TIMES. No response from Dangote, the approved marketers or other stakeholders is included in the supplied material.