COLUMNS

Dangote, NUPENG, PENGASSAN and public interest…

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2025

By Bolanle BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 (Written for ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 5 October, 2025). Two of my ardent readers and friends prevailed on me to comment on the on-going scuffle between Dangote refinery on the one hand

BUSINESS

PTD debunks allegations of Dangote sponsorship, says NUPENG “already drowning in oblivion”

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2025

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has dismissed the weighty allegation made by the union’s leadership that Dangote Refinery was sponsoring division within PTD, and resisting workers’ rights to unionisation, a claim the Tanker Drivers described as “tissue of lies from a Union already […]

NEWS

NUPENG Denounces Smear Campaign, Refutes Smuggling Accusations

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2025

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has strongly pushed back against what it calls a “deliberate and coordinated smear campaign” aimed at damaging its reputation through false claims and social media propaganda. In a recent circular to its members, the union dismissed allegations that its officials were involved in smuggling

NEWS

Christian group declares 14-day prayer, fasting over Dangote, NUPENG dispute

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2025

The Young Christian Fellowships in Nigeria Without Borders (YCFNB) says it will embark on a 14-day prayer and fasting campaign “to shield the Dangote Refinery from its enemies”. The programme, scheduled for September 15 to 29, is targeted at the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), which has threatened to embark on […]

NEWS

𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿!

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2025

By Wole Olaoye May God save us from our ‘frienemies’; that is, enemies who pose as friends. Can you imagine the middlemen who have held the petroleum distribution sector by the jugular over the years, screaming that they have been doing it all for the sake of the people? Can you beat that? In an […]

COLUMNS

Against Dangote, NUPENG has no case

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2025

By Taiwo Adisa (Published in the Nigerian Tribune, September 14, 2025) While writing on this issue in her Funke Egbemode on Wednesday column in the Nigerian Tribune of September 10, my sister and prolific essayist, Funke Egbemode, chose to speak in parables. She talked of Dangote and his two wives and how the senior wife […]