The Federal High Court sentenced former Power Minister Saleh Mamman to 75 years in absentia over N33.8 billion fraud tied to hydroelectric power projects.
Aliko Dangote's group has dismissed as false claims of a rift between him and Tony Elumelu, plus reports that personal borrowing financed the refinery.
Aliko Dangote has pledged 95,000 skilled jobs as his Lagos refinery scales from 650,000 to 1.4 million barrels per day, set to overtake India's Jamnagar.
Forbes has valued Aliko Dangote at $30.3 billion for the first time as his now operational Lagos refinery closes the gap with Bloomberg's wealth tracker.
The Federal Government has asked fuel marketers to give Nigerian airlines a 30-day credit window as Aliko Dangote's refinery rakes in record jet fuel margins.
Aliko Dangote has offered to build a refinery in Tanzania matching his 650,000-barrel-per-day Lagos plant, with Kenya and Uganda already in talks on the project.
NNPC Trading shipped more than 1.03 million metric tons of crude, about 6.8 million barrels, to Aliko Dangote's Lekki refinery across eight April cargoes.
Aliko Dangote's Lekki refinery turned Nigeria into a net petrol exporter last month, ending decades in which Africa's largest oil producer sent crude abroad only to import finished fuel.
The Federal High Court sentenced former Power Minister Saleh Mamman to 75 years in absentia over N33.8 billion fraud tied to hydroelectric power projects.