Yoruba Stakeholders Assembly, a socio-cultural group, says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is not manipulating the prices of petrol.

The Executive Director of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, Muda Yusuf, has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is frustrating Dangote Refinery with its recent petrol price hikes to sustain petrol importation in Nigeria.

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Wednesday, described the ongoing development between the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, and Dangote refinery as fraudulent.

Nigerian state oil firm NNPC Ltd on Monday increased the price of petrol by 11%, the second increase in two weeks and a day after it started purchasing the fuel from the giant Dangote oil refinery on the outskirts of Lagos.

Nigerian state firm NNPC Ltd raised petrol prices by 11%, marking a second increase in two weeks. The hike follows NNPC's fuel purchase from Dangote refinery. This move comes amid rising inflation and public discontent,

As reactions continue to trail the Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s fuel price deal, the House of Representatives Minority Caucus has described the N980 per litre of pump price as outrageous and exploitative.