Dangote drags FG to court over fresh petrol import licences

By Adewale Sanyaolu
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has dragged the Attorney General of the Federation before the court in a fresh legal battle over fuel import licences granted to marketers and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), court documents have shown.
The latest suit signals renewed tension in Nigeria’s downstream oil sector, barely one year after the refinery withdrew an earlier case challenging similar import approvals issued to NNPC and some fuel traders.
In the fresh filing before the Federal High Court in Lagos, Dangote is asking the court to nullify import permits issued or renewed by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA)...