Nigerians to pay more for petrol as fuel prices increase in filling stations

Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited retail outlets in Abuja, Empire, AA Rano, and Shema filling stations increased their fuel price to between N905 and N945 per litre as of Monday, October 6, 2025.

NNPCL fuel in Wuse Zone 6 (Berger), Wuse Zone 4, AA Rano, Shema, along Kubwa Expressway, and Empire Energy have all adjusted their petrol pumps to reflect the fresh price.

reports that Empire Filling Station in Gwarimpa sells petrol at the highest rate of N945 per litre.

Meanwhile, other filling stations in the nation’s capital, MRS, Emedeb, Raniol, and Eterna, dispensed petrol at N885 and N910 per litre.

Reason for fuel hike

Reacting to the development, the president and the spokesperson of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi and Chinedu Ukadike, respectively, blamed the hike on the disruption caused by the PENGASSAN strike.

On his part, Maigandi noted that the hike may be due to the supply disruption.

He, however, stated that its members that received petrol from Dangote Refinery dispense the product between N885 per litre and N895 per litre.

Our members are still selling between N885 and N895 per litre. The feud between Dangote and PENGASSAN might have resulted in the latest fuel price due to panic buying and artificial scarcity of the product.

“I can assure you the price will drop and return to normal in the coming days,” he told SOCIETY WATCH.

Earlier, Ukadike told SOCIETY WATCH that the PENGASSAN strike last week had resulted in artificial scarcity in Lagos and Abuja.