Tag: oil theft
Oil theft: Ijaw Youths Council tasks Naval Chief to tackle menace
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), a socio-cultural organisation in the Niger Delta, has urged the Chief of Naval Staff to…
JTF reassures Nigerians of ending oil theft, other crimes
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta (Operation Pulo shield) on Sunday reassured Nigerians of its total…
Oil theft: JTF Commander pleads for more gunboats
The JTF Commander in Bayelsa, Major General Emmanuel Atewe, on Saturday appealed to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-…
UK urges FG to strengthen economy by checking oil theft
The United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping has urged the Federal Government to strengthen its fight against oil theft, to enhance…
Oil theft: Army Chief commends JTF
Major General Ebibowei Awala, Chief of Training and Operation (CTOP), Defence Headquarters, has commended the Joint Task Force (JTF) for…
Oil theft: Lab tests exposed Police ASP
A Laboratory Chemist, Idris Tahir who is a witness in the on-going trial of a police officer, Dodo Chilla Bulus,…
Libyan navy vows to bomb Korean ship loaded with stolen oil
The Libyan navy moved Monday to stop a North Korean ship from leaving a rebel-held port loaded with oil, as…
How Nigerian cop conspired with vandals to siphon crude oil
A witness in the on-going trial of Dodo Chilla Bulus, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, today February 25, 2014 told…
Nigerian police officer charged with oil theft
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday arraigned an assistant superintendent of police, Dodo Chilla Bulus, before Justice…
Nigeria: Four Cameroonians arrested for oil theft
Commodore Isaac Ogbole, Commander, Nigerian Navy NNS Jubilee in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom, on Saturday said the command had arrested…
Reps To Probe Oil Theft
The House of Representatives is set to probe the incessant theft of Nigeria’s crude oil which has resulted in a…
JTF shuts illegal refineries, dismantles militant camp
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield today dismantled a militant camp in Bakassi Local Government…
Navy Arrests 8 Oil Thieves
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria, said on Thursday it impounded a vessel laden with 1,300…
Pipeline ‘sabotage’ Cripples Shell’s Oil Export
Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary said Monday it has been forced to defer exports of 150,000 barrels of oil…
Nigeria’s oil thieves still on rampage as shipments fall again
Nigeria’s Oil exports declined at a slower pace in the second quarter compared with the previous three months, Bloomberg quoting…
Cameroonian, 11 Nigerians arrested for oil theft
The Central Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Sunday transferred a Cameroonian and 11 Nigerians suspected to be oil…
Much Ado About Oil Theft
All the cacophony about oil theft in the Niger Delta and the setting up of a panel to probe the…
Oil theft, signs amnesty not working, says PENGASSAN
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN has described recent claims by the Special Adviser to…
Kings, Security Personnel Linked with Oil theft
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Highly placed Nigerians, including traditional rulers, security personnel, youth leaders, have been fingered in the recent upsurge in…
Helicopters bought to battle oil theft, says Rivers govt
Nigeria’s oil rich Rivers-state Government has described as baseless and untrue, allegations that Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi bought armoured helicopters…
Epic Oil Theft
Activities of big time oil theft syndicates, abetted by powerful political figures, tonnes of cash and military-style weapons, threaten to…
Oil Theft: No To Death Penalty
Recently, the President of the Senate, David Mark, while inaugurating the Senate Joint Committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)…
How NIMASA Underdeveloped Nigerian Maritime Sector
Accusations and counter-accusations have continued over the alleged oil thefts along the nation’s coastal waters, as maritime, oil and gas…
Shell Bemoans ‘Unprecedented’ Oil Theft In Nigeria
Oil giant Shell on Monday raised alarm over “unprecedented” oil theft in Nigeria, particularly in relation to the sabotage of…
Nigeria wants world’s help to slow massive oil theft
Nigeria has appealed to foreign governments to help crack down on crude oil theft, the oil minister said Tuesday of…
Shell Shuts Pipeline Over Oil Theft
Oil giant Shell said Sunday it had shut down a pipeline in southern Nigeria due to damage from oil thieves,…
3 killed as soldiers clear Elechi Beach
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three persons, an elderly woman and two girls, died when at least 1,000 residents of Elechi Beach…
Thieves steal Shell’s 12.6 million barrels of crude
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) said it lost 12.58 million barrels of crude oil between December 2011 and June…
Can Dasuki Cage Boko Haram?
It hardly came as a surprise that President Goodluck Jonathan’s axe was brought into action on 26 June. And by…
Nigeria loses $5billion to oil thieves
The managing director of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Mutiu Sumonu, on Tuesday in Abuja said that Nigeria is losing $5billion…