Nigeria, July 12 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed 29 September for the hearing of a suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals, seeking to block importation of petroleum products into Nigeria.

Dangote Refinery filed the suit against key regulatory bodies in the oil sector - Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.

Also joined in the suit as defendants are other five oil marketing firms and the Dangote Refinery's potential competitors alleged to have been issued import licences: AYM Shafa Ltd, A.A. Rano Ltd, T. Time Petroleum Ltd, 2015 Petroleum Ltd, and Matrix Petroleum Services Ltd.

Judge Mohammed Umar fixed the da...