Tag: oil thieves
EFCC probes two suspected oil thieves arrested in Akwa Ibom
He said the suspects were handed over to the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on Nov. 7.
Troops nab 62 for oil theft, confiscate 350,000 litres stolen products
Army spokesman said the troops also intercepted a Sienna vehicle with no registration number, loaded with 32 sacks filled with…
How we recovered 60,000 litres of stolen crude, arrested 15 suspects – Army
In Buguma general area, in Asari-Toru LGA, two illegal refining sites were taken out with a small wooden boat loaded…
Army arrest 35 oil thieves in four states
Items seized included 215,000 litres of adulterated diesel, 19 wooden boats, nine vehicles, and 20 nylon bags used to store…
EFCC nabs ten suspected oil thieves in Uyo
Receiving the suspects and the products from on behalf of the EFCC, Deputy Superintendent of the EFCC, DSE Ayuba Zira…
Oil theft: Police set for prosecution of 40 suspects
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Police said 40 suspects who were recently arrested at the Ogbogoro Oil Field, Brass Area, and…
Group lauds military’s onslaught against oil thieves
Aigbedion hailed the directive by President Bola Tinubu for the establishment of a military base in Bokkos, Plateau, and redeployment…
EFCC, Army crack record 120 suspected oil thieves in Port Harcourt
Uwujaren said the arrest of the suspects was made possible by intelligence on the alleged illegal oil bunkering activities in…
Four oil thieves condemned to jail in Rivers
The convicts : Ugweze Luke Friday, Mohammed Sani Akilu, Ibrahim Suleiman and Abubakar Musa were jailed on June 29 and…
Nigeria loses $1billion to crude oil thieves in 3 months
Gbenga Komolafe, the head of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, said of the 141 million barrels of oil produced…
Niger Delta group hails military onslaught against oil thieves
The Niger-Delta Environment Restoration Coalition (NDERC) has hailed the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) for the renewed onslaught against crude oil thieves…
EFCC grills 13 suspected oil thieves in Port Harcourt
The suspects were handed over to the EFCC on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 by the Nigerian Naval Ship, NNS Pathfinder,…
NSCDC nabs 69 oil thieves in Akwa Ibom
NSCDC warned oil thieves, pipeline vandals and other criminals to relocate from Akwa Ibom as the command would deal decisively…
Court jails 5 oil thieves in Port Harcourt
They were arrested with a vessel laden with about 700,000 litres of crude oil loaded in MT. TIS IV around…
NSCDC acquires gun-boats to fight oil thieves
The corps had also acquired sensitive intelligence equipment that would be deployed to states to aid information gathering.
Navy hands over nine oil thieves to NSCDC in Bayelsa
The arrest was one of the numerous successes recorded by the Nigerian Navy in its ongoing operations to rid Nigeria’s…
Troops destroy 49 illegal refineries, nab 70 oil thieves in Niger Delta
Onyeuko also said that the Nigerian Navy, in conjunction with U.S. AFRICOM, recently concluded the 12th Edition of Exercise Obangame…
Navy arrests 13 oil thieves, impounds vessel
The Navy launched Operation “Obangame Express”, consisting of multinational maritime exercises in West Africa with 32 other countries participating in…
COAS Yahaya to troops: Go after oil thieves, pipeline vandals
COAS Faruk Yahaya said this while noting that the activities of oil thieves and illegal oil bunkerers in the region…
Court jails five oil thieves in Port Harcourt
Five oil thieves have been convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment in separate judgment by the Federal High…
Four oil thieves jailed in Port Harcourt
The convicts were arrested, sometimes in 2018 and 2019, by the Anti-Illegal Bunkering Patrol Team of 6 Division, Nigerian Army,…
Five oil thieves jailed in Port Harcourt
Five oil thieves have been convicted and sentenced to different jail terms by Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting…
Two oil thieves jailed in Port Harcourt
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt’s zonal office has secured the conviction of two oil thieves for…
Oil thieves escalate attacks on NNPC pipelines, 106 breaches in June
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) recorded in June 77 per cent rise in oil pipeline breaches on its network…
11 Oil thieves jailed in Port Harcourt
Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced 11 fraudsters to different…
7 oil thieves jailed, vessel seized
Justice A. T Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sentenced seven oil thieves…
10 Oil thieves arrested in Rivers
The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office has commenced investigations of 10 suspected oil thieves alleged…
Nigeria’s Oil Thieves Back With A Bang
Just as Nigeria gets to grips with militants who brought the nation’s oil industry to its knees a few years…
Court orders EFCC to seize 6 houses, 3 filling stations belonging to suspected Kaduna oil thieves
Justice M.T.M Aliyu of Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna has ordered a temporary forfeiture of six houses and…
EFCC seeks tougher stance against oil thieves
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr Ibrahim Magu, has called for concerted efforts to…