The United Labour Congress and the Nigeria Pilots and Engineers union shut the offices of Arik Airlines, due to the inability of the airline to pay its workers for seven months. The staff of Arik Air staged a protest at the domestic terminal of the...

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has issued a notice of a three-day warning strike in January over the divestment of multinationals from the country and non-payment of terminal benefits to workers. The union, in a statement signed by its President, Igwe...

As part of efforts to reposition for profitability in line with the 12-point agenda of the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) has announced its readiness to commence the production of Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK) popularly...

Oil workers under the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), warned the Federal Government to desist from its plans to scrap the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Petroleum Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) other agencies in the...

Angered by the alleged call by the president of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Igwe Achese asking the Federal Government to engage the service of a security outfit managed by some ex-militants to guard oil facilities in region, the...

The workforce in Nigeria’s oil industry has been depleted by 3,000 employees following the sack of personnel by firms in the industry, two oil unions have said. The mass sacks, it was gathered, resulted from the economic recession in the country. Some of the companies that...