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Unpaid Salaries: Surveillance Workers Shut Down Oil Facilities In Delta

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3 years ago

April 14, 2023

Workers of Mormar Marines Ltd, a pipeline surveillance firm, Thursday, shut down oil installations in the Oil Mining Lease, OML, 30 over the non-payment of backlog of salaries owed them by the company and Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC.

The workers who converged on Pigging Manifold located in the Erhiemu oil field, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, said they were forced to shut down the facilities being operated by joint venture partners, NPDC, Heritage and Shoreline because they could no longer endure hunger.

Displaying placards which bore various inscriptions such as “You cannot owe us and disengage us”, “NPDC, stop this divide and rule”, “We are comfortable working with Mormar Marines,” among others, they said NPDC had concluded plans to terminate their jobs without any arrangement to pay them the six months outstanding salaries.

Addressing newsmen, representative of the workers, Lucky Ofuomukoro said they had been on protest at the manifold since last Wednesday to register their grievance with no positive response from NPDC.

He said: “Last December, the management of Mormar Marines Ltd called us for a meeting where they told us that the job has been terminated and we said if they no longer need our services, we have to quit. We told them to pay the salary they were owing us so that we can go to our houses.

“At the end of the day, the management of the company called us for a meeting where we told them to extend the job and they told us to go back to our duties which we did.

“At the end of March, they promised that there will be order to extend the work, but to our greatest surprise, they called us to say that the work has ended. We came back here since last week telling them to pay our salaries, but till this moment, nobody from NPDC, Heritage and Shoreline has come; they just left us like that.

“We don’t have power to damage the facilities, the only power we have is to shut them down and that is what we have done”.

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Edo NLC Crisis: Caretaker Committee Drags Rival Exco, Govt To Court

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13 hours ago

May 6, 2026

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The division in the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), took a new dimension on Wednesday as Prof. Monday Monday Lewis Igbafen-led caretaker committee approached the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Benin Judicial Division, seeking to affirm its authority and restrain a rival executive from parading itself as the council’s leadership.

Joined in the suit are the Edo State Government, the Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, and the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.

In a suit marked: NICN/BEN/12/2026, and filed before the court in Benin, the claimant, Igbafen, acting for himself and on behalf of the NLC Caretaker Committee in Edo State, is challenging the continued occupation of the union’s secretariat and control of its assets by members of the Bernard Egwakhide-led factional State Executive Council.

The claimants are asking the court to declare that the caretaker committee (Igbafen-led faction), constituted on August 11, 2025, by the NLC national leadership, remains the only lawful authority to administer the affairs of the Edo State Council pending fresh elections.

They further seek a declaration that the continued occupation of the NLC secretariat located at No. 1 Teboga Road, Benin City, as well as the retention of union assets, financial records, and official instruments by the defendants, is illegal and void.

The suit also prays for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from parading themselves as officials of the NLC Edo Council or interfering with the functions of the caretaker committee.

In addition, the claimants are seeking a mandatory order compelling the defendants to immediately hand over the secretariat, vehicles, financial documents, cheque books, and all other properties belonging to the union.

The caretaker committee further urged the court to restrain the state government and its officials from interfering in the internal affairs of the union, alleging undue support for the dissolved executive.

The claimants further demand N50 million as general and exemplary damages against the defendants for alleged unlawful usurpation of office and acts prejudicial to the administration of the council.

According to court documents made available to our correspondent, the crisis followed the dissolution of the Edo State Council by the NLC National Executive Council on February 27, 2025, over allegations of misconduct, anti-union activities, and constitutional violations.

However, the matter has yet to be assigned a hearing date.

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Transfer: Premier League Clubs Scramble For Dele-Bashiru

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18 hours ago

May 6, 2026

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Lazio midfielder, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is a subject of interest from three Premier League clubs, according to Sky Sports.

Lazio reportedly rejected offers from Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth for the Nigeria international in January.

La Biancolesti are bracing for more interest in Dele-Bashiru ahead of the summer transfer window, according to Sky Sports.

The 24-year-old has two years left on his contract with the Serie A club.

The attacking midfielder joined the Rome-based club from Turkish Super Lig outfit Hatayspor in 2024.

He has been a regular feature for Lazio this season.

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Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Students To Picket MTN, MultiChoice, Other Businesses

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19 hours ago

May 6, 2026

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The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS South-West Zone D, has announced plans to picket South African companies in Nigeria following the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the country.

DAILY POST reports that some Nigerians were recently killed in South Africa over the violent attacks.

A statement issued to newsmen by Comrade Adeyemo Josiah Kayode, Coordinator, NANS South-West, Zone D, said that the association is mobilizing to take decisive and lawful action by organizing peaceful picketing and mass advocacy against South African business interests operating in Nigeria.

“We categorically state that the continued targeting of Nigerians under any guise is unacceptable and must come to an immediate end.

“This will include major corporations such as MTN Group and MultiChoice Group. It is morally indefensible for businesses to thrive in an environment where the lives of Nigerians are protected, while Nigerians are subjected to fear and violence elsewhere.

“This contradiction will no longer be tolerated,” the statement said.