The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has intensified its crackdown on filling stations accused of under-dispensing petrol to motorists, directing operators to check and recalibrate their dispensing equipment.

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Filling station operators across the country are under pressure to check and recalibrate their dispensing equipment as the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority intensifies its crackdown on outlets accused of under-dispensing petrol to motorists.

The latest directive followed previous enforcement operations during which several filling stations were sealed for short-measuring customers.

Read here: Petrol under-dispensing: NMDPRA cracks down on filling stations

The All Progressives Congress has written to the Federal High Court in Abuja to argue that an order for substituted service granted against President Bola Tinubu in the suit filed by Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress was needless.

The suit challenges Tinubu’s eligibility to contest the 2027 presidential election.

Read here: Tinubu credentials: APC challenges Atiku’s substituted service request

📰 Source: Punch Nigeria