•Fuel pump Nigerians may face tougher days ahead as the nationwide strike declared by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, beginning from today (Monday), threatens to unleash a twin blow of soaring petrol prices and widespread electricity blackouts. The union’s directive to halt crude oil and gas supplies to the D...
The federal government has urged the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENSASSAN) to reconsider its proposed strike starting today over its dispute with Dangote Refinery. Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Dingyadi, who made this plea yesterday, said his Ministry has taken steps to bring both parties to a ...
•NNPC trucks queue for loading at Dangote Refinery A spokesman for Nigeria’s Dangote refinery said today that the country would not see a petrol shortage despite an ongoing strike by a union representing fuel tanker drivers. The strike, which began yesterday and has since drawn support from other unions in Nigeria and abroad, comes as [&hellip...
The nationwide distribution of petroleum products has been paralysed as the strike by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) against the Dangote Refinery enters its second day, forcing depots across the country to remain shut. Checks by our correspondent revealed that strict enforcement of the strike—supported by allie...
The stakeholders meeting summoned by the Minister of Labour and EmÂployment, Muhammad Dingyadi, to put a stop to the strike called by members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) ended in stalemate last night. As at 11p.m at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, parties to the deliberation could [&hellip...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has declared solidarity with the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers in the push for the unionisation of tanker drivers and all employees of the Dangote refinery and its allied companies. Recall that NUPENG had declared its intention to stop loading fuel today [&h...

