The 6 Division, Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, had said its troops arrested 28 suspected oil thieves and destroyed 46 illegal refineries in the Niger Delta region. The Army said during the operation, which ran between…
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) has said that the reported oil spill from its facility in Imiringi community in Bayelsa was caused by oil thieves. The company said that it carried out a Joint Investigative Visit (JIV)…
The Defence Headquarters said troops of Operation Delta Safe have in the last one week, discovered and destroyed 43 illegal refining sites and apprehended 32 suspected oil thieves. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while…
Operatives of 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State have arrested five illegal oil bunkering suspects. This was as the troop of the Division also uncovered five 45,000 capacity reservoirs ladened with approximately 225,000 liters of crude in the…
The Nigerian Navy (NN) said criminals, desperate individuals and organisations behind crude oil theft in the country were sponsoring malicious media campaign against it for their selfish interest. The Director of Naval Information, Rear Adm. Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said this in…
The Nigeria Army on Wednesday, confirmed its cracked down on illegal refineries in Imo and Delta, with seizure of several litres of illegally refined Petroleum products. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made the confirmation in a statement…
Troops of 6 Division Nigerian Army have continued to crack down on saboteurs of Nigeria’s oil sector in South South Nigeria by destroying a massive illegal refinery in Delta State. Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has simultaneously decimated several criminal elements in the last few days through airstrikes in various theatres of operation. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF,…
The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) of the Nigeria Army, has handed over 12 suspected oil thieves to the Delta Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for prosecution. At the ceremony on Saturday…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says it has intercepted an illegal Crude Oil Barge and arrested six suspected crude thieves in Warri, Delta State. Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, a private security contractor, engaged by the NNPC…
