No be joke o! As we dey enter 2026, now now Dangote Petroleum Refinery don announce say dem don reduce their Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) gantry price by N25 per litre. E means say the price don waka from N799 dey go N774 per litre. Na real move wey some industry analysts dey hail as strategic, fit help balance the wahala wey dey for the market.
Dem make this announcement on Tuesday, dem talk say e go take immediate effect. E come be like say dem wan shake things up for petrol pricing after wetin go don happen for 2025.
As we sabi, petrol price don dey dance up-and-down since the government remove subsidy and market dey collect wahala from exchange rate. For 2025, we see price dey waka between N700 come N800-plus per litre. But now, with Dangote dey supply PMS, the price don begin cool down small.
As we enter early 2026, Dangote don increase the gantry price back to N799 after festive period don finish, but now that dem don cut am again to N774, e show say maybe things dey improve. Plus, dem message come follow say the PMS lifting incentive don finish as of 10th February, 2026.
Dis one mean say dem no go dey give extra bonus for PMS wey marketers dey load again. Omo, analysts dey talk say dis move go shift the focus from how much fuel dem dey carry to more stable pricing wey fit help Dangote hold im ground for Nigerian market.
Na wetin we dey talk for street be say, Dangote refinery get big capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, na im be Africa largest single-train refinery. E dey help Nigeria to reduce fuel imports, and since e don start to dey supply PMS, e don begin change how petrol price dey work for our side.
Meanwhile, Aliko Dangote rice don gather belle again for another matter. E dey plan to enter Burundi for big investment. Omo, e don waka go meet the former president Obasanjo go explore wetin dey happen for that East African country.
Dem say Dangote and Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye don dey gist for presidential palace on how to strengthen partnership for investment matter. E even talk say dem don form two teams to check the best way to invest for solid minerals, power, agriculture, and bros. Everything wey dey for infrastructure and logistics go dey catch their attention too.
This move con dey align with Burundi plan to attract big wahala for private sector investment and make dem connect with big industry players for Africa. Dis one na correct opportunity for Dangote to expand im influence, and everybody dey reason say dis na landmark moment wey fit propel Burundi enter the map as hot destination for mega investors.
So, as Dangote dey reduce petrol price for Naija, e dey also look beyond our borders to make big moves for Africa. E be like say we go dey see more as Dangote and im team dey push to consolidate their hold for home and build their empire across the continent.
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