Friday, 20 February, 2026

Category: Business


THE 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has faulted the demolition of plazas at the trade fair complex in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State. Recall that officials of the Lagos Ministry of Read more…


“Should the situation continue, the impacts are expected to intensify posing a material threat to national energy security,” the NNPC said. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) on Tuesday said that the ongoing dispute between Dangote Refinery and Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new leaders for three federal agencies, in a move the Presidency says is aimed at strengthening critical institutions and boosting service delivery. The announcement was contained in a statement on Tuesday by Read more…


The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to shut down operations at all Dangote Group facilities nationwide in response to what it describes as a sustained campaign of anti-worker practices, particularly in the oil and gas sector.  The move comes Read more…


Most Widely Read NewspaperSubscribe: Punch E-Paper Home News Featured Metro Plus Business Sports HealthWise PUNCH Lite Editorial Columns Videos Continuation From Print Dangote vs PENGASSAN: NLC mobilises workers for strike against refinery The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed its affiliate unions to Read more…


The newly installed Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has pledged to foster an enabling environment for both local and international investors, as part of a broader socio-economic agenda aimed at revitalising Ibadanland. The newly installed Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Read more…


The Federal Government has called on the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, to reconsider its proposed strike scheduled to begin on Monday over its dispute with Dangote Refinery. Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Dingyadi, Read more…


The $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery is facing a major labour crisis following the order by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria for its members across seven oil and gas firms to halt all crude oil and gas Read more…


Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has dissolved the State Pensions Board with immediate effect. Rivers State Head of Service Mrs Inyingi Brown made this announcement on Friday in Port Harcourt. According to the governor, the office of the State Read more…


There is a brewing crisis in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector after a leaked memo surfaced indicating that the management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has terminated the employment of all its workers for allegedly joining the Petroleum and Natural Gas Read more…


Developers, property owners and traders at the Trade Fair Complex along Lagos – Badagry Expressway in Lagos are counting their losses in anger and anguish following the demolition of some buildings at the complex by the Lagos State government. Bulldozers and Read more…


Nigerian electricity workers under the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have shelved their nationwide strike. Naija News understands the strike was suspended on Thursday following the intervention of the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, who promised to look into the grievances Read more…