The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has cautioned stakeholders in the oil industry against recognising any new group outside the established unions. A new group, the Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP), has scheduled its meeting for today in Abuja, reports Daily Trust. The mee...
•Dangote Refinery Ghana may shift to purchasing petroleum products from Nigeria’s Dangote Oil Refinery once it reaches full operational capacity, potentially cutting its $400 million monthly fuel imports from Europe. This move could signal a significant cost reduction for Ghana and reinforce regional trade in Africa, reports Nigerian Tribune. ...
The House of Representatives has called for the suspension of the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority (NMDPRA) pending conclusive investigations into the allegations against the Authority. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Hon. Esosa Iyawe on the House’s urgent need t...
•Tanker drivers The ongoing leadership tussle rocking the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), seems to have worsened as some aggrieved members of the Association held a parallel election in Abuja. A huge number of the Association members who are dissatisfied by the recent el...
Petroleum marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), covering Oyo and Osun State are presently holding a meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State capital over the possible review of the current petroleum pump price. Findings at the IPMAN Secretariat located at Odo-Ona, off Ibadan-Abeokuta expressway, r...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, Enugu Depot has warned it would be forced to shut down selling of fuel in Anambra State within the next two weeks over attacks on members. The Association accused Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration of over-taxing its members, clamping on their businesses, and arresting them, reports The P...
•Crude oil A group under the auspices of Abuja Ethnic Youth Coalition for Peace has called on the stakeholders in the Niger Delta, particularly those from oil-producing communities, to consider holding Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021-related meetings in the region instead of Abuja. The group said holding such a meeting in Abuja has no direct...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has called on Gov. Chukwuma Soludo to pay contractors the sum of N900 million owed them for supplying Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) to power streetlights before they were stopped. Mr Chinedu Anyaso, Chairman of the IPMAN, Enugu Depot Community in charge of Anambra, Ebony and Enugu ...
•Falana and Tinubu A Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, today, asked President Bola Tinubu to stop parading himself as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. This, Falana said, is necessary because the president was not screened by the National Assembly before assuming the role, reports Daily Trust. He spoke in Abuja at the public presentati...
An elder statesman and a former Minister of Finance, Chief Olu Falae, says Nigeria’s president does not have to be the minister of petroleum, adding that it is important to appoint a minister to oversee the ministry. His position is in support of former central bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who earlier said that the […]
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