The Petrol Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has rejected the outcome of the three-member reconciliation committee set up to resolve the lingering leadership crisis in the PTD. PTD faction led by Comrade Lucky Osesua accused NUPENG of teleguiding and coercing the reconciliation committee … Read more
NATIONAL Chairman, Comrade Lucky Osesua, his deputy, Comrade Dayyabu Garga, and the National Secretary, Comrade Humble Obinna Power, as well as others within the fold of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have criticised the parent body for compelling every unit in the branch to … Read more
ONE of the elders of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) in Port Harcourt Zone, Comrade Joseph Dagogo-Jack (JP) has admonished the leadership of the parent body especially the General Secretary, Afolabi Olawale not to thwart the decision of the court which recently ordered a … Read more
THE Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed its members to comply with the directive of the two labour centres to begin an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday. Its General Secretary, Mr Afolabi Olawale, in a statement on Saturday, said the union was committed to ensuring total compliance with the directive. … Read more
THE National leadership of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG has condemned, in strong term, the torture, inhuman and degrading treatment meted out to two of its members in Owerri, Imo State capital, on Sunday, February 25, 2024 by overzealous men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). In a statement, PTD … Read more
THE National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 sought the collaboration of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to fight the scourge of illegal oil bunkering across the country. This request was made on Wednesday in Abuja when the President of the Union, Comrade William Akporeha led … Read more
THE Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG has taken a swipe at the General Secretary of the Union, Afolabi Olawale, for calling its members “public goats”. Afolabi Olawale Afolabi had reportedly, during an interview that he granted a national television a few weeks ago, categorised the PTD members as public goats. National Chairman of … Read more
THE family of the late Frank Ovie Kokori has announced the date for the final burial ceremony of the former General Secretary of the National Union Of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). The burial dates were announced in a statement on behalf of the children and family of the late foremost unionist by the … Read more