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A former Minister of Defence, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN), has urged graduating students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, not to rely solely on the certificates they obtained in school. He recently appealed to them to acquire additional skills to become self-reliant, and Nigerians have been reacting. ...

  The Nigeria Police Force has defended its actions during the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest held in Abuja, maintaining that officers operated within the law and only deployed tear gas to prevent demonstrators from entering restricted government zones. Speaking on Channels Television on Monday, the Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, explained ...

NNPC has announced that the nationwide strike embarked upon by PENGASSAN workers cost Nigeria over 200,000 barrels per day of crude oil. The commission recently revealed that the industrial action also affected gas production and electricity generation. Speaking after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in ...

The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers Association of Nigeria (LPGAR) has distanced itself from the present hike and scarcity of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas. The group recently revealed that the rising cost and limited availability of LPG are a result of supply challenges, not price manipulation ...

An independent investigation by a United Kingdom-based energy watchdog, Impact Investigators Platform (IIP), has rubbished recent media claims that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery imported substandard petrol into Nigeria. The platform recently shared the result of its investigation, and Nigerians have been reacting. In a detailed report signed by its lead ...

As Nigerians keep lamenting about the recent hike in the price of cooking gas, marketers have come out to explain the reason for the increase. Gas marketers have said that cooking gas costing as high as ₦2,000 in some parts of Nigeria has little to do with any official price ...

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has blasted the Presidency over comments by Vice President Kashim Shettima condemning its industrial action over its dispute with the Dangote refinery. PENGASSAN recently revealed that it would take the same action if its members were sacked again. Reacting ...

The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency has apologised to the Dangote Group for attributing the truck involved in the accident that occurred along the Alapoka axis of the Papalanto–Ilaro Road on Friday night to the company. Recall that reports recently circulated about the tragic accident that claimed five ...

President Bola Tinubu has come out to congratulate the management and staff of Kresta Laurel Limited on the 35th anniversary of the leading indigenous elevator company. He recently hailed the company for its longevity and enterprise discipline over the years. In a press statement issued by his Special Adviser on ...

Bosede Idehen International Academy, in collaboration with Springfield Private School, joined millions of Nigerians to celebrate the country’s 65th Independence Anniversary. They marked the milestone with a memorable and colourful celebration themed “Unity in Cultural Diversity.” The gathering was a stunning showcase of the country’s rich cultural heritage, as kids ...

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has suspended its nationwide strike against Dangote Petroleum Refinery after the intervention of the Federal Government. It, however, warned that the suspension is only temporary, and Nigerians have been reacting. Speaking in Abuja, PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, announced that the ...

As Nigeria celebrates 65 years of independence, leading lifestyle and culture publication Apples Bite Magazine, publisher Seunmanuel Faleye, has spotlighted the nation’s diversity as its most enduring strength, arguing that the country’s multiplicity of cultures, languages, and traditions continues to drive innovation and resilience in the face of contemporary challenges. ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has ordered full-scale mobilization of its affiliate unions for a nationwide strike. NLC recently revealed that the strike is necessary because of Dangote Group’s deliberate anti-worker crusade and complete disregard for Nigeria’s labour laws. The order, issued in an internal memo signed by NLC President, ...

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has barred the Petroleum, Natural Gas Workers Association of Nigeria, PENGASAN, from embarking on its planned industrial action against Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Emmanuel Subilim, made the order after an ex ...

The ongoing faceoff involving the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and PENGASSAN is worsening by the day. The Forum of Concerned Nigerian Consumers recently urged the Federal Government and the Department of State Services to intervene as soon as possible. At a press conference in Abuja, the Forum accused the union of ...

The $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery is still battling a major labour crisis. This comes after the order by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria for its members across 7 oil and gas firms to halt all crude oil and gas supplies to the mega facility. Dangote ...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has received N318.05bn between January and August 2025 for frontier oil exploration. This is according to documents from the September 2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting. The deductions represent 30 per cent of Production Sharing Contract profits, which are automatically set aside monthly for ...

The meeting organized by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, to end the dispute between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Dangote Group has ended in a deadlock. The discussions, which sought to address disagreements over unionisation and related labour issues, ...

The industrial dispute between the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and the Dangote Refinery has taken a new turn. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has declared full solidarity with NUPENG, threatening to join in shutting down the refinery operations if ...

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has urged the Federal Government to intervene amid Dangote’s plans to force newly recruited drivers to sign agreements preventing them from joining existing unions in the oil and gas industry. Recall that the National Union of Petroleum and Gas ...