Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Saturday, increased the price of petrol for the second time in four days.
NNPCL increased its petrol on Saturday to N967 per liter, from N960, representing a N7 per liter upward price review.
Already, the new fuel price has been implemented in NNPCL filling stations in Abuja and its environs as of Saturday.
This development followed an earlier price hike to N960 per liter from N875.
Other filling stations in Abuja have also increased their pump price to between N967 and N1,000 per liter.
On Saturday, crude oil prices rose by 9 percent to above $90 per barrel for Brent and West Texas Intermediate.
On Monday, Dangote Refinery raised its gantry petrol price on the back of rising crude prices due to the turmoil in the Middle East.
