Baru urges oil workers to sustain industrial harmony
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has reminded Oil and Gas workers in the country to sustain the industrial harmony the sector has enjoyed in recent times.
Tale of assorted protests in Warri
While the NUC/TLC and civil society anti-fuel subsidy removal protest, led by the state coordinator, Casely Omon-Irabor Esq. and Zonal Secretary, Maritime Workers Union, Comrade Augustine was on, another group, Good People of Nigeria, led by Prince Sani Usman, stormed the streets with a pro-subsidy removal rally to counter their efforts.
Oil subsidy: Governors forum is most corrupt body in Nigeria – Clark
Chief Robert Clark is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and specialises in arbitration and oil and gas law. In this exclusive interview with Sunday Vanguard, he bared his mind on the state of the nation and the ongoing nationwide strike over the removal of fuel subsidy. Chief Clark insists that the Governors’ forum is corrupt and majorly responsible for the President’s decision to remove the subsidy on petrol. He also advises the Federal Government on ways out of the current logjam.
No subsidy claim for audited PMS stocks in tanks, says PPPRA
THE management of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has announced that audited Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) already in tanks at various depots of petroleum marketers in the country will not qualify for payment of subsidy claims.
Protest peaceful in Osogbo
The protest in Osogbo, the Osun State capital has been so orderly with men of the Nigerian police, Civil Defence deployed to maintain law and other.
Update on subsidy removal protests across federation
Below are eye witness accounts and latest developments as reported by citizens in various parts of the country on the ongoing strike/protest against removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government by the Labour and civil society groups. Excerpts:
