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Nigeria regulator targets petrol under-dispensing as APC contests Atiku court request

Source: Punch Nigeria · 24 Sep 2026, 07:41 UTC
Nigeria regulator targets petrol under-dispensing as APC contests Atiku court request
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Punch Nigeria’s morning roundup identifies a crackdown by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority on petrol under-dispensing and reports that the All Progressives Congress is challenging a request by Atiku Abubakar for substituted service in his suit against President Bola Tinubu. The supplied material gives no further details.

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has begun a crackdown on the under-dispensing of petrol, according to a report included in Punch Nigeria’s morning news roundup. The roundup also reports a legal challenge by the All Progressives Congress to a request by Atiku Abubakar for substituted service in his suit against President Bola Tinubu. The supplied report identifies these as among the day’s leading Nigerian stories but does not provide details about the regulator’s enforcement measures, the parties involved in the court proceedings, or the APC’s specific grounds for opposing the request.

No further information was included in the source material.

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