Tensions rose in the Federal Capital Territory yesterday as the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) demanded the immediate settlement of long-standing entitlements owed to public servants, warning that government inaction could spark wider unrest. In a statement issued on Thursday, ASCSN Secretary-General, Joshua Apebo, condemned what he described as the “forceful dispersal”…
More than 500 pupils in two schools in Rivers State are to benefit from the “Heirs Energies Sun Book Literacy Initiatives”. They are Central State Primary School, Omuohia-Igwuruta, and Umuebulu Primary School, Umuebulu. The gesture is part of the Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Services to its host communities In addition, the pupils will receive solar-powered…
The Reconciliatory meeting organised by the Federal Ministry of Labour between Dangote Refinery and the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers ended in a stalemate on Monday night. The meeting, which had in attendance the national executives of NUPENG and officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, the Executive Director,…
Regulators and Operators in the Energy sector will converge at Eko Hotel Lagos on October 9, for this year’s Annual Conference organised by the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC). The body confirmed that Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil); Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources…
The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners has backed the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers to shut down petrol distribution in Nigeria over a face-off with Dangote Refinery. The national president of NARTO, Yusuf Lawal Othman, made this stance known in a statement. This comes after NUPENG told members to down tools…
The industrial dispute between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and the Dangote Refinery has taken a new turn as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has declared full solidarity with NUPENG and threatened to join in shutting down the refinery operations if the company continues…
The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has inaugurated the newly established Passport Front Office, a specialised facility designed to facilitate timely and seamless passport processing for senior public officials and other designated individuals. According to the Director of Press in the Ministry, Ozoya Imohimi, the facility was established in response to the persistent challenges…
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, met on Wednesday in Abuja with Richard Mills, the United States ambassador to Nigeria. The meeting was attended by Kemi Nanna Nandap, comptroller-general (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), and Magdalene Ajani, the permanent secretary in the ministry of interior. In a statement, Tunji-Ojo said the recently introduced visa…
Nigeria and Brazil signed a $1bn (R17.7bn) agreement on Tuesday to boost agriculture, food security, energy and defence in the West African nation, Nigeria’s Vice-President Kashim Shettima said. The two countries aim to “deploy more than R1bn to deliver mechanised farming equipment, training and service centres across Nigeria,” Shettima said in a statement posted on…
Amid the deepening military conflict with Israel, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly shortlisted three clerics as potential successors, while choosing not to nominate his son Mojtaba. The revelation, cited in a New York Times report, comes at a time when Khamenei is said to be operating from a secure underground bunker due…
