The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced the discovery of 55 illegal refineries and 29 illicit pipeline connections across the Niger Delta region within the span of one week. In a video documentary shared on its official YouTube…
Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has called upon traditional rulers to play a pivotal role in ensuring stability and fostering economic progress in Nigeria by fighting crude oil theft. Speaking at the 117th/118th Combined Quarterly…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has uncovered two illegal bunkering sites in Rivers. The NSCDC spokesperson, CSC Babawale Afolabi, in a statement on Monday, disclosed that the sites were located at Odagwa-Owaza Riverside boundaries of Rivers and…
Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru says Nigeria will not tolerate crude oil theft and illegal refining as they are very serious crimes in the country. “Such crimes will not be tolerated in any form and at any time or level…
The Nigerian Navy says its Forward Operating Base (FOB), IGBOKODA, in Ondo State, hasi n the early hours of Thursday apprehended a 77-meter-long Motor Tanker (MT) VINNALARIS 1 LAGOS involved in crude oil theft. This is contained in a statement…
Statistics by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has revealed that Nigeria recorded 148 incidents of crude oil theft in eight days. The NNPCL said the incidents for the period in view occured between September 2 and 8, 2023.…
Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas on Thursday said that Nigeria lost N16.25 trillion to crude oil theft between 2009 and 2020. The speaker said this while inaugurating the ad hoc committee to investigate crude oil theft and…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said that between August 26 and September 1, 2023, there were 150 crude oil theft incidents mainly across Bayelsa, Rivers, Imo, and Delta States. The company stated this through a video shared…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, over the weekend disclosed that the country loses an average of 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to local and international thieves despite efforts to end the menace. Ribadu said these painful…
The Economic Sustenance Group (ESG), non- partisan advocacy, has urged stakeholders in the Niger-Delta and other oil producing communities to support the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the fight against crude oil thieves in the region. The group said available…
