Tag: oil theft
Oil theft: N’ Delta youths applaud JTF’s strategies
Youths in the Niger Delta have commended the Joint Task Force (JTF), for the strategies deployed in fighting oil theft…
Oil theft: Navy hands over 19 suspects EFCC
The Nigerian Navy has handed over 19 suspects and two fiber boats laden with petroleum products to the Economic and…
How we will tackle oil theft, vandalism in Bayelsa – NSCDC
Mrs. Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bayelsa, says the command will…
Oil theft: Operation Delta Safe seizes 24 ships
A joint military taskforce tagged ‘Operation Delta Safe’ says it seized 24 ships allegedly engaged in the evacuation of illegal…
NSCDC to intensify fight against oil theft, pipeline vandalism
Mrs Christiana Abiakam, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) new Commandant in Bayelsa, on Wednesday pledged to intensify…
EFCC investigates 16 Ukrainians over alleged oil theft
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched the investigation of 16 foreigners arrested for alleged oil theft in…
We are winning war against oil theft in Bayelsa – NSCDC
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Bayelsa Command, says it is winning the war against oil theft. The…
Oil Theft: Court Remands 9 Foreigners, 2 Nigerians in Prison
Nine foreigners and two Nigerians have been remanded in Port Harcourt prison by a Federal High Court for alleged oil…
Oil theft: Court affirms five-year jail term for convicted foreigners
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Monday, affirmed the judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos which sentenced…
Oil theft: Navy arrests 25 ships
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy said it arrested 25 ships in connection with illegal activities on Calabar-Oron…
Oil Theft: Aregbesola calls for commission of inquiry
The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to set up a commission of…
Oil theft: 14 foreigners jailed 110 years
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Friday convicted 14 foreigners identified as citizens of Russia, Ukraine, Philippine…
EFCC docks two company executives for oil theft
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday March 14, 2016 arraigned Noel Akpan (Managing Director of Digie Global…
Buhari goes to Malabo for talks on oil theft
President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea tomorrow for talks with President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on further measures…
Partnership with EFCC essential to curb oil theft – Army
Brig Gen S. O. Olabanji, Commander, 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has said that the Economic and…
Oil Theft: EFCC Arraigns 12 persons, Vessel
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned 12 persons, two companies and a vessel, MV PSV DEBY before…
9 foreigners jailed for oil theft
Akin Kuponiyi Five Filipinos, Axel Joseph Gibo Jabone, Juanito Camireno Infantado, Suarin Fernado Alave, Gatila Jaypee Gadayan and Rolando Jose…
Oil Theft: Okowa challenges Navy to check loss of revenue
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Following the economic woes facing Nigeria and the attendant financial crisis due to the dwindling revenue…
EFCC: Seven jailed for fuel theft
Seven men have been jailed for 10 years in Nigeria after being arrested with nearly 1,500 tonnes of contraband petrol,…
Nigerian Armed Forces well positioned to end Boko Haram insurgency by Dec. – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in Abuja that he remained fully confident that by the end of this year, Boko…
Military join forces with NNPC to curb oil theft, pipeline vandalism
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Gabriel Olonisakin has assured the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National…
Chief of Naval Staff vows to halt oil theft
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas, said on Sunday that oil thieves will no longer have the capacity…
Why oil theft persists in the Niger Delta – Navy Commander
Commodore Aliyu Sule, Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, has identified impunity and slow pace of adjudication as factors responsible…
How JTF is using new strategy to combat oil theft – Atewe
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta says it has reviewed its strategy in tackling oil theft and…
We’ll develop new technologies to fight oil theft – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Sunday in Abuja, that the Federal Government would develop a new technology to combat the…
The Multi-Billion Dollar Crude Oil Theft Fence!
By Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi “We are winning the war against Crude Oil Theft”, says Lt Col Ado Isa, Media Coordinator,…
The Feeble War Against Oil Thieves
The menace of oil theft and sea piracy in the nation’s maritime sector is becoming worrisome, with the feeble attempt…
Block oil theft to stop Boko Haram – Saraki
Senator Bukola Saraki of Kwara sate has stated that Nigeria must have to stop oil theft if it seriously wants…
Oil Theft: JTF arrests 6 persons, destroys 31 illegal refineries
Jethro Ibileke/Niger Delta Seven suspected oil thieves have been arrested by the special squad of the anti-illegal oil bunkering of…
2015: APC will stop oil theft in Nigeria – Saraki
Senator Bukola Saraki has vowed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will put an end to oil theft in Nigeria…