The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a village head and four suspects for allegedly abducting 19 ExxonMobil staff members. MacDon Achebe, the State Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. A police source, who claimed anonymity, had said that the suspects were arrested for […]
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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, on Monday announced the suspension of its planned nationwide strike after Neconde Energy Limited, an indigenous oil company, agreed to recall a disengaged staff member of the union. The National President of PENGASSAN, Francis Johnson, who announced the suspension of the strike, said it […]
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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, is set to embark on indefinite, nationwide strike beginning from Monday. According to the association, the strike became necessary following a stalemate in the peace meeting brokered by the minister of petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, between the association and Neconde Energy Limited. PENGASSAN and […]
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A new research has shown that oil workers, having direct contact with crude oil and benzene have a much greater risk of developing skin cancer. This is as revealed by public broadcaster NRK, on Tuesday. Researchers at the Cancer Registry of Norway have investigated the incidence of skin cancer among 25,000 oil workers employed in […]
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Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have ambushed a team of oil exploration workers and security operatives in Borno state. A senior military source, who spoke with TheCable, said the incident happened at Magumeri in Gubio local government area of the state, on Tuesday. The source said the workers were returning from Borno Yeso […]
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The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has suspended its nationwide strike which began on April 2. The suspension followed the intervention of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation( NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru. According to Mr Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division on Monday […]
Continue ReadingThe Acting Zonal Chairman, Port Harcourt Zone, of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Mr. Charles Eleto, has threatened that the Union would embark on strike over the sacking of its members who are workers of two oil firms operating in Rivers and Bayelsa States. Speaking in Port Harcourt on Monday, Eleto, […]
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