Nigeria: Court Bars NMDPRA From Shutting Down, Interfering With Dangote Refinery

A Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) from enforcing its directive suspending the loading and truck-out of petroleum products from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery.

Justice Akintayo Aluko issued the interim injunction on Monday in a fresh legal battle between the refinery and the petroleum regulator over NMDPRA’s regulatory powers within the free zone where the refinery operates.

The court also restrained NMDPRA,…