The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has described the sacking of workers by some oil and gas companies for active unionism as oppressive and the height of high handedness on the part of the firms.
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NUPENG WARNS OIL MARKETERS OVER MASS SACK THREAT
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has warned oil marketers over the threat of mass retrenchment of workers (READ IT HERE) if the federal government fails to pay outstanding subsidy owed to them on the importation of petroleum products.
Continue reading »APAPA GRIDLOCK: NUPENG WANTS NNPC TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE LOADING DEPOTS FOR TANKERS
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Monday appealed to the NNPC to provide alternative loading depots for petroleum tankers to check the recurring gridlock in Apapa area of Lagos State.
Continue reading »APAPA-WHARF GRIDLOCK MAY CAUSE FUEL SCARCITY – NUPENG
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has expressed worry that the gridlock being experienced by petroleum tankers and articulated vehicles on Apapa-Wharf Road may result to fuel scarcity.
Continue reading »PROPOSED N5 PETROL LEVY HUGE JOKE – NUPENG
The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has criticised the proposed N5 petrol levy by the Senate, describing it as a huge joke.
Continue reading »SENATE PANEL OKAYS FUEL PRICE INCREASE, OTHERS
— Motorists to pay N5 tax on one litre — Govt to maintain roads with funds — IPMAN, NUPENG oppose move A Fresh increase in the pump price of petrol is among the contents of a bill that has been approved by the Senate Committee on Works. It was presented yesterday for enactment by the upper chamber.
Continue reading »EKITI PETROL CRISIS ESCALATES
The petrol scarcity rocking Ekiti State has reached a crisis state as black marketers have hijacked the process and now engage in open hawking of the product.
Continue reading »SENATE PASSES PETROLEUM GOVERNANCE BILL 14 YEARS AFTER; APC, NUPENG, PENGASSAN HAIL PASSAGE
The Senate on Thursday passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, which seeks to unbundle the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and merged its subsidiaries into a single entity.
Continue reading »EXXONMOBIL, PENGASSAN AGREE TO RESOLVE DISPUTE
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and a subsidiary of United States-based ExxonMobil Corporation, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, have reached an agreement to end a dispute over the sacking of some employees.
Continue reading »ROGUE NSCDC OFFICIALS SHOOT, ROB TANKER DRIVER, OTHERS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Two employees of an oil firm in Lagos have been forced to pay heavily for refusing to give N5,000.00 bribe to some operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command.
Continue reading »TANKER DRIVERS DENY BEING INCITED BY IFEANYI UBAH
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) section of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) has denied the allegation that the detained Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah, incited it to embark on strike and cause economic sabotage.
Continue reading »TANKER DRIVERS SUSPEND STRIKE, AS FED GOVT INCREASES BRIDGING COST ALLOWANCE
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday, evening suspended their nationwide indefinite strike, following Federal Government’s approval of bridging cost allowance from N6.20 to N7.20. National Chairman of PTD, Mr. Salimon Oladiti, who confirmed the suspension of strike, after a meeting with representatives of the Federal Government at the […]
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