Petrol Pricing Pressure: Dangote says Nigeria’s pump prices stay high partly because petrol is still being smuggled to neighbours where it sells 30–50% higher, keeping cross-border diversion profitable. Fuel Cost Relief: Dangote adds the refinery is absorbing logistics costs, with free delivery that can cut marketers’ costs by up to ₦70 per litre in some areas. North-Central Industrial Push: Tinubu’s government backs a 20-year North Central plan, with leaders urging an end to exporting raw materials and a shift to local processing—factories, cold-chain logistics, and industrial parks—coordinated through the NCDC. Regional Funding Oversight: Tinubu orders the SGF to release funds on time to regional development commissions and warns against waste, urging private capital and PPPs. Power Infrastructure Crime: NSCDC arrests a former AEDC worker and 12 others over alleged theft and vandalism of electricity cables worth over ₦350m, recovering stolen conductors in Abuja markets. Security and Market Extortion in Niger: Bandits in Niger State behead an abductee and send the head to a community leader after failing ransom demands tied to a reported N50m levy on Talata Mafara market. Trade Corridors for Industry: AfCFTA coverage stresses that tariff cuts alone won’t industrialize Africa without safer, faster transport and energy/digital infrastructure to move goods across borders.