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…