Tag: NUPENG
Buhari meets petrol marketers over fuel scarcity
Nigeria’s president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari may have been holding discrete talks with petrol importers on how to resolve the lingering scarcity…
NUPENG urges NNPC to increase supply to Apapa
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Tuesday appealed to Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to…
Fuel Scarcity Worsens In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Jamiu Yisa Fuel scarcity has worsened in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, with long queues observed in filling stations…
NLC Election Ends In Chaos
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) elections which started on Wednesday night ended in chaos Thursday morning with suspected thugs breaking…
Inflicting Pains On Nigerians
The on-going strike by the two major oil workers’ unions in the country- Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association…
Ministry meets with NUPENG, PENGASSAN over strike
The Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity has scheduled a meeting with NUPENG and PENGASSAN against Tuesday in Abuja to…
NUPENG strike begins in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt In reaction to the sack of one of its zonal executive members the National Union of Petroleum…
PENGASSAN, NUPENG to begin strike on Monday
Nigeria’s two main oil workers’ unions said they would launch an indefinite strike on Monday, threatening to hurt the output…
NUPENG, PENGASSAN gives FG 14 days ultimatum
Two industrial unions in the oil and gas sector on Friday gave the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to intervene…
NUPENG Strike: Rivers residents, commuters groan over fuel scarcity
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Commuters and business owners are now going through tough times in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, following…
NUPENG loses N10bn to 5 days strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG), says their members cumulatively lost more than N10 billion during the…
Oil workers suspend strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN),…
Allison-Madueke, others absent at Reps fuel crisis committee
The Minister for Petroleum Resources, Deizeani Allison-Madueke, on Thursday failed to appear before the House of Representatives joint committees on…
Reps summon Deizeani, others over looming fuel crisis
The House of Representatives Joint Committees on Petroleum (Upstream and Downstream) and Gas Resources on Wednesday summoned the Petroleum Minister,…
NUPENG threatens strike over alleged anti-labour practices
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to shut-down oil and gas operations over alleged…