IPPIS: Fuel Crisis Looms As Oil Workers Begin Strike         Nigeria may be heading towards another economic crisis with crude oil production threatened as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has directed its members to proceed on a nationwide indefinite strike. The...

Wages Risen By 150% In Five Years - Ahmed       The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Tuesday decried the daily rise in the wage bill of the Federal Government and declared that it rose by 150 per cent between 2015 and...

2021 Budget: Increasing IGR To Stave Off Debt Accumulation         Two things that stood out in President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2021 budget presentation at the National Assembly last week are the desire to steer the economy away from racking up debts to increasing its revenue generation capacity...

IPPIS: PENGASSAN Threatens Oil, Gas Operations Over Salary Seizure       Protesting oil workers under the aegies of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria have renewed their threat to disrupt oil and gas operations across the country over alleged Federal Government’s posture to enforce...

NUPENG, PENGASSAN Suspend Strike     Members of Nigeria’s major labour unions in the oil and gas sector have suspended the strike they embarked upon in protest against the non-payment of their salaries. Officials of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the...

IPPIS: PENGASSAN, NUPENG Threaten To Shut Down Oil Operations     Senior oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Thursday threatened to shut down all oil operations by Sunday...