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Dangote Refinery-backed MRS filling stations and other filling stations across Nigeria have reduced their petrol pump prices.

A market survey by DAILY POST on Saturday showed that MRS filling stations in Abuja have reduced their petrol pump price to N1,265 per litre from N1,305 per litre.

This is the case at MRS filling stations in Kubwa and along the Lugbe Expressway in Abuja.

This means that MRS filling stations have reduced their petrol pump price by N40 per litre.

Similarly, AA Rano filling stations in Abuja reduced their petrol pump price by N30, bringing it down to N1,300 per litre.

The latest price adjustments have brought petrol retail prices to N1,265 and N1,300 per litre, down from N1,305 and N1,330 per litre, respectively. This comes after nearly two weeks of fuel price hikes amid crude oil price volatility.

The development comes as Dangote Refinery recently announced the free distribution of its petrol across at least five states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), at a gantry price of N1,215 per litre, as Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude traded at about $84 and $87 per barrel, respectively, over the weekend.

DAILY POST reports that depot owners are dispensing petrol at between N1,217 and N1,222 per litre at Pinnacle, Emedab, NIPCO and Sigmund depots.

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The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation into a viral video showing the alleged assault of a gold seller by some policemen in the Festac area of Lagos.

The command disclosed this in a statement posted on its official X handle on Saturday, saying the officers captured in the video had been identified as personnel attached to Area E Command.

The incident, which reportedly occurred on Friday, gained widespread attention on Saturday after the victim shared videos alleging that he was assaulted by the officers while delivering a gold necklace to a customer.

In the videos, the man claimed he was stopped and searched by the officers, who allegedly found no incriminating item on him but questioned a digital scale he said he used for weighing gold.

According to him, the officers accused him of using the scale to weigh cannabis and ordered him to accompany them to the police station.

He alleged that he refused because he had committed no offence and became suspicious as the officers were not properly dressed in police uniforms while the vehicle they arrived in had no registration number.

The man further alleged that the officers dragged him in an attempt to force him into the vehicle, hit him on the head with a gun and physically assaulted him.

The footage showed a brief outdoor confrontation near a red minibus before cutting to the man, who displayed an injury near his eye and a gold necklace he said he was delivering at the time of the incident.

A follow-up video also surfaced online in which the man alleged that one of the officers instructed his colleagues to open fire before they fled the scene.

Reacting to the videos, the Lagos State Police Command said the officers involved had been identified and summoned for investigation.

“The Lagos State Police Command has seen the video and has commenced an investigation into the incident.

“The officers involved have been identified as personnel attached to Area E Command. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, has directed the Area Commander to immediately produce the officers at the Command Headquarters for further investigation and appropriate action.

“The individual featured in the video is kindly urged to contact the Command’s Complaint Response Unit on 09111111150 or 09111111151 to assist with the ongoing investigation,” the statement read.

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A Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Dr. Umar Sani Bebeji, has died in a ghastly road accident.

Confirming the death, a childhood friend and colleague of the deceased, Zubairu Lawal Bamalle of the faculty of Arts, ABU, said the accident occurred in Dumbin Rauga along Kaduna-Zaria Express way around 9àm, Saturday.

Aged 45, the deceased is survive by one wife and two children.

Though he bore the family name of Bebeji in Kano state, the deceased spent all his childhood in Tudun Wada, Kaduna, where he was buried at Kwanar Chanchangi cemetery.

The academic, who also served as the Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Law and Coordinator of the ABU Law Clinic, was widely respected by his students and colleagues.

Dr. Bebeji was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Commercial Law who also coordinated the ABU Law Clinic, where he championed clinical legal education and access to justice for underserved communities.

Colleagues and former students described him as an accomplished scholar, humble mentor and committed legal practitioner whose contributions to the development of legal education would be remembered.