Tag: oil thieves
Oil Thieves, Illegal Refineries Owners In Trouble
The Bayelsa Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Bayelsa have…
Navy recovers 1330 jerry cans of petrol from oil thieves
The Nigerian Navy says it has recovered 1,330 jerry cans filled with petrol during a raid on oil thieves in…
Navy arrests 28 suspected oil thieves in Rivers
The Nigerian Navy said on Tuesday that it had arrested 28 suspected oil thieves in a major mop up operation…
Navy hands over suspected oil thieves to NSCDC
The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday handed over six suspected oil thieves with 3,000 liters of Automotive Gas Oil and three…
Oil Thieves: Fani-Kayode, Lebile 18 others jailed six years each
Justice Ibrahim Buba of Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday convicted 20 persons for illegal dealing and…
Oil thieves, abductors less problematic, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has said that oil thieves and abductors are less problematic compared to Islamist sect, Boko…
Police foil oil theft, recover 7 vehicles, 3 engine boats
YUSUF MUHAMMED The police at Ajuwon Division in Ogun State southwest Nigeria, have foiled an oil theft at Ishashi area…
Navy arrests seven suspected oil thieves in Onne Port
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigerian navy has nabbed seven crew members on a ship and two barges near Onne Port…
Navy hands over 6 vessels, 15 suspected oil thieves to NSCDC
The Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt, on Sunday handed over six vessels and 15 suspected oil thieves to the Nigerian…
Navy changes tactics against oil thieves, pirates
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it had adopted a new training regime that would improve troops’ proficiency in internal…
Troops raid kidnappers’ den, recover arms, dislodge suspected oil thieves
Operation Pulo Shield (OPPS), the joint military outfit deployed to protect oil installations in the Niger Delta, on Wednesday said…
14 suspected oil thieves face trial
Fourteen suspected pipeline vandals arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abia Command, are currently facing prosecution,…
Nigeria Navy hands over 11 suspected oil thieves to EFCC
Navy Captain Noel Madugu, Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base, Brass, says the Nigerian Navy has handed over 11 suspected oil…
Oil Thieves Invade Police Station, Kill 2 Policemen
Damilare Okunola & Yusuf Mohammed At least two police officers attached to the Owutu Police Division, Owutu, Agric, Ikorodu, Lagos…
JTF warns vessel owners against oil thieves
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta on Saturday warned owners of vessels and tankers against allowing the…
Nigeria lost 63.51 million barrels to oil thieves
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) said Nigeria lost 63.51 million barrels of crude oil to oil theft…
NNPC: 9 cops missing as oil thieves attack pipeline
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a shutdown of its System 2B Pipeline as a result of a…
NNPC pipeline gutted as thieves siphon fuel
Kazeem Ugbodaga T The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipeline along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, near Arepo area of Ogun State,…
29 oil thieves nabbed, 127 refineries smashed
Nigeria’s Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has nabbed 29 oil thieves and destroyed 127 illegal oil…
Cops Among Oil Thieves In Ogun
The 35 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State made a major breakthrough today in arresting 28…
Shell Again Shuts Major Oil Pipeline
Shell has shut a major pipeline in Nigeria for the second time in less than a month after locating another…
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)…
5 oil thieves remanded in Ikoyi Prison
A Federal High Court in Lagos Nigeria on Thursday remanded five suspected oil pipeline vandals at the Ikoyi Prisons in…
Shell To Shut Plundered Nigeria Oil Pipeline
Shell plans to temporarily shut a key oil pipeline in southern Nigeria later this month to repair damage caused by…
JTF Hands over 18 Oil Thieves to EFCC
The Joint Task Force, JTF of 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, Benin has handed over 18 suspected oil thieves to the…
Oil Theft: Police Detain Festac Whistleblower
For allegedly trying to stop oil thieves from operating in Festac Town, last week Friday, a Festac resident identified as…
Oil Thieves Invade Festac, Residents Accuse Police Of Complicity
Festac Town residents in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have decried the activities of oil thieves who damage NNPC pipelines to siphon…
Suspected Oil Subsidy Thieves Docked
The arraignment of oil company executives indicted by the fuel subsidy panel before an Ikeja High Court was stalled today…
The Increasing Oil Theft In Nigeria —Gbenga Kayode
That crude oil wealth is the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy is not in doubt. The petroleum sector is said to…