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- 26 Sept 2016
Labour Ready for War, to Shut Nigeria over Sale of National Assets
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC); Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC); the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG); and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of…
- 27 Nov 2013
Oil Workers Oppose Sale of Refineries, Says It's against National Interest
Oil workers under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have said that they would resist…
- 21 May 2015
PENGASSAN, NUPENG on Strike to Worsen Fuel Crisis
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), have begun an indefinite strike that may completely…
- 14 Dec 2014
Major Fuel Scarcity Looms as Oil & Gas Workers Down Tools
Nigerians may be thrown into a fresh round of acute fuel shortage this Christmas season as oil and gas workers today begun a nationwide indefinite strike to protest the inability of the…
- 23 Aug 2020
NUPENG to Strike against Chevron over 175 Sacked Via Whatsapp
Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has denied a report that it held a meeting with Chevron management over the seven-day strike ultimatum it issued over the sacking of some…
- 24 Jan 2017
Labour Furious Over Plans to Hike Fuel Price
Organised labour in the petroleum sector has kicked against any further increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). The joint body of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas…
- 25 Aug 2020
NLC Battles Chevron over Sack of 175 Workers via Whatsapp
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the federal government to urgently halt the sack of about one hundred of seventy five Nigerians working with Chevron across the country via whatsapp…
- 14 Jul 2020
NNPC Sacks 850 Workers, Many from Refineries
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has fired 850 workers, many of them from refineries, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, an oil union said. The workers are both skilled and unskilled…
- 27 Jun 2017
Job Losses, Mass Transfer Fever Grip PPPRA Staff
The fear of mass transfer and job loss are currently rocking the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulating Agency (PPPRA), according to New Telegraph. The fear, which emanated from the imminent…
- 7 Aug 2025
Telcos Say Mobile, Internet Services in Nigeria may Collapse
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), the umbrella body for all mobile network operators, tower companies, and telecommunications infrastructure providers in…
- 29 Nov 2012
PENGASSAN Urge FG to Compel Oil Majors to Build Refineries
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has asked the federal government to make a provision in the current Petroleum Industry Bill to compel oil producing…
- 24 Jul 2022
Nationwide Shutdown: Banks, Electricity, Others to Join ASUU
Many unions and students bodies have decided join the strike in sympathy with Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from this week, which may lead to a total shut down of their operations, an…
- 14 Jul 2020
ATCON Hosts Sectoral Virtual Forum to Address Post COVID-19 Telecom Needs
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has concluded plans to organize a Sectoral Virtual Forum that would address the need of telecom and ICT Consumers in the…
- 8 Jun 2015
Buhari Reopens Halliburton Bribery Case 4 Years After
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the re-opening of the widely publicized Halliburton bribery case, following a request by the United States government. President Buhari has therefore directed…
- 12 May 2015
Fuel Scarcity to Linger Till June
Nigerians may need to brace up for more hard times, as indications emerged yesterday that fuel scarcity may persist till June, after the incoming administration may have been sworn in on May 29,…