Petrol retailers cut prices as political and legal tensions rise
Retailers in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector are slashing petrol prices below the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s benchmark, intensifying competition. In Rivers State, lawmakers allege attempts to block impeachment proceedings as Nyesom Wike wraps up local government tours. Legal representatives for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie have contacted a Lagos hospital following her son’s death, leading to a doctor’s suspension. Meanwhile, the Awujale Ruling House and KWAM 1 clash over chieftaincy matters, and Luca Zidane faces backlash after a football brawl.
What we know
- Petrol retailers like NIPCO, SAO, and Akiavic are selling below the N739 per litre Dangote benchmark, escalating a price war.
- Lawmakers in Rivers State allege a plot to use a court order to halt impeachment moves against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Ngozi Odu as Nyesom Wike ends his tours.
- Lawyers for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie have written to Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital over her son’s death; a doctor has been suspended as investigations proceed.
- The Awujale Ruling House dismissed KWAM 1’s protest over the chieftaincy selection process, calling his claims unfounded.
- Luca Zidane, son of Zinedine Zidane, has been criticized for his role in a post-match brawl after Algeria’s loss to Nigeria in the AFCON quarter-finals.
