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By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor, Peter Egwuatu, Yinka Kolawole & Ediri Ejoh

LAGOS — Oil marketers are set to adjust upwards the pump prices of petroleum products in the country as international crude benchmarks rose above $100 per barrel yesterday, increasing the cost of crude and potentially putting fresh pressure on domestic petroleum-product prices.