
Almost two months after Nigerian President Bola Tinubu scrapped a popular but costly fuel subsidy, petrol prices have risen to 617 naira ($0.78) per litre, the highest in the history of Africa’s largest oil producer.
Prices were updated nationwide on Tuesday from 557 naira ($0.70) per litre at fuel stations operated by the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Co (NNPC), according to a circular seen by the Reuters news agency.