The ruling has reopened a wider dispute over the role of imported petrol as domestic refining expands. It comes as Dangote Petroleum Refinery pursues a separate case in Lagos challenging the continued issuance of import licences to NNPC and other marketers, with that matter scheduled for hearing on October 7.
Petroleum marketers have welcomed the Abuja judgment, arguing that competition between imported and locally refined petrol could support supply and consumer choice. The development, however, places competing court proceedings at the centre of an increasingly important debate over how Nigeria should regulate fuel imports as domestic refining capacity grows.
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A Federal High Court ruling allowing three oil marketers to continue seeking fuel import licences has renewed the legal and commercial dispute over petrol imports in Nigeria. A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to continue granting and renewing petroleum product import licences for Matrix Energy, A.A. Rano Nigeria...
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- A Federal High Court ruling allowing three oil marketers to continue seeking fuel import licences has renewed the legal and commercial dispute over petrol imports in Nigeria.
- A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to continue granting and renewing petroleum product import licences for Matrix Energy, A.A.
- Rano Nigeria and AYM Shafa, provided they meet regulatory requirements.
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A Federal High Court ruling allowing three oil marketers to continue seeking fuel import licences has renewed the legal and commercial dispute over petrol imports in Nigeria. A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to continue granting and renewing petroleum product import licences for Matrix Energy, A.A. Rano Nigeria...
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September 29, 2026
