LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of a Nigerian oil workers’ union are threatening to go on strike if the government does not do more to stem widespread oil theft they say is putting their safety at risk and has cut exports by hundreds of thousands of barrels. Workers with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources familiar with the matter told one of our correspondents that the Federal Government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission….
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rev Father Andrew Abayomi, one of the priests at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, Ondo State, has narrated how the church was attacked. Daily Trust had reported how many worshippers were killed when terrorists bombed the church on Sunday morning. In an interview with BBC Yoruba, the cleric said suspected…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened embark on another strike concerning the deliberate refusal of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, to pay the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1,000 staff for 13 months. Dr Lazarus Maigoro, the ASUU chairman, University of Jos, stated this…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen stormed Mbieri Divisional Police Headquarters in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state again on Thursday morning. According to reports, the gunmen attacked the police station around 1 a.m. on Thursday and released suspects who had been detained in the facility. According to information, the gunmen were unable to raze…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits have again abducted over 60 persons and set ablaze houses and farm produce in Ruwan Tofa village, in Maru local government area of Zamfara state. The attack comes a few days after 279 abducted Jangebe School Girls were rescued through the state government’s peace initiative. A source who has confirmed…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The strike action embarked upon by the cattle and foodstuff dealers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN) has been suspended. The agreement to suspend the strike was reached when the leadership of the trade union met with Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, on Sunday, denied holding a meeting with Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, over last Wednesday’s sack of members, insisting that the seven-day strike notice subsists. NUPENG, in a statement on Sunday, said the nationwide strike would go ahead as planned unless its 175 members…