28 September 2025-Published by Cyril The Federal Government has waded into the escalating face-off between Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), appealing to the union to shelve its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin on Monday, September 29, 2025. Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi,…
28 September 2025-Published by Cyril Nigeria may face a nationwide blackout starting Monday as power generation companies (GenCos) warn of an imminent shutdown of thermal power plants following directives from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). The Executive Secretary of the Association of Power Generating Companies (APGC), Joy Ogaji, confirmed…
28 September 2025-Published by Cyril The Federal Government has firmly rejected recent reports by some international platforms and commentators alleging that terrorists in Nigeria are carrying out a systematic genocide against Christians. In a statement issued on Sunday, September 28, 2025, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, described the claims as “false, baseless,…
September 28, 2025-Published by Cyril The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has called on Governor Monday Okpebholo to provide detailed explanations regarding his recent claim of a $250 million investment secured from Glasgow. In a statement issued on Sunday in Benin City, the party’s newly appointed Publicity Secretary, Daniel Osa-Ogbegie, said the opposition…
27th September 2025-Published by Cyril The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has condemned as “criminal and reckless” the directive issued by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) instructing its branches to halt crude oil and gas supplies to the 650,000 barrels-per-day plant in Lekki, Lagos. In a statement released on…
27th September 2025-Published by Cyril The Labour Party (LP) has condemned an alleged physical assault on its National Chairman, Julius Abure, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the party’s spokesperson, Obiora Ifoh, the incident happened on Friday when a woman identified as Precious Oruche, popularly…
26 September 2025-Published by Cyril President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the country’s economic hardship is now behind them, declaring that brighter days of growth and prosperity lie ahead. The President made this statement on Friday at Mapo Hall, Ibadan, during the grand coronation of His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adewolu Ladoja, the 44th…
26 September 2025-Published by Cyril The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 471 pharmaceutical premises in Edo State during a week-long enforcement exercise aimed at sanitising drug distribution and safeguarding public health. Speaking at a press conference on Friday at the PCN State Office, Federal Secretariat, Benin City, the Head of Enforcement, Dr Suleiman…
September 26, 2025-Published by Cyril The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has accused the $19 billion Dangote Refinery of sacking over 800 Nigerian workers and replacing them with more than 2,000 Indian employees, many of whom allegedly lack proper immigration documents. In a strongly worded statement on Friday, the union…
September 25, 2025-Published by Cyril President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a strong warning to Nigerian Christian pilgrims traveling to Israel and Jordan, urging them not to abscond during pilgrimage, stressing that “there is no country like Nigeria.” The President gave this caution at the official flag-off of the delayed Easter Pilgrimage exercise organized by…
