The Federal High Court in Abuja, today, adjourned a suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE against Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and others over oil import licence dispute until Nov. 5 for hearing. The matter, which was earlier fixed for today for hearing, could not proceed due to the absence of [&...
•House of Representatives Following the recent strike action by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) over its dispute with the Dangote Refinery, the House of Representatives has passed a resolution to safeguard strategic private investments in Nigeria from future industrial actions. The resolution was a...
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery yesterday resumed full operations while raising the gantry price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol by seven per cent to N877 per liter from N820 per litre. Checks our correspondent indicated that oil marketers buying two million litres and above would benefit from the relatively low price, report...
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has intensified efforts through the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered trucks to distribute Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol at N850 per litre to different parts of the nation. Checks by our correspondent yesterday indicated that the deployment of the CNG trucks has enabled the 650,000 bar...
•Tinubu and Dangote Refinery The founder and president of Chief Emeka Agba Foundation, Chief Emeka Agba, has called on President Bola Tinubu to takeover Dangote Cement and Dangote Refinery, saying the companies were financed by Nigeria’s funds. Reacting to the disclosure made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that he advised and supported ...
•The protesters Thousands of protesters comprising students, workers, women, youths, and members of various civil society organisations yesterday stormed the Niger Bridge, linking Asaba in Delta State and Onitsha in Anambra State, to demand greater government support for local refineries, including the Dangote Refinery. The demonstrators, unde...
Some of the engineers sacked by the Dangote refinery for allegedly joining the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria have decried the plan to redeploy them to sugar, cement and other business units under the Dangote Group. The workers, who spoke with our correspondent anonymously due to the sensitivity of the matter, [&...
The reconciliation meeting between the management of the Dangote Refinery and leaders of members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has been moved to the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). The meeting, however, is being held behind closed doors, reports Channels TV. The Minister of Labo...
Justice Emmanuel Subilim of the National Industrial Court Abuja, has restrained the Petroleum, Natural Gas Workers Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from embarking on its planned industrial action against Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE. Ruling on an ex parte application by Dangote Refinery, Justice Subilim restrained the de...
A delegation of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and the management of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery have arrived for a reconciliation meeting with the federal government. Members of PENGASSAN, led by the President, Festus Osifo, and some members of the Dangote refinery management, arrived at the conference r...

