Tantita Security Services Limited has countered the Nigerian Navy over the crude oil vessel that was seized in the coastal waters of Ondo state. The Nigerian Navy had accused Tantita Security of being involved in illegalities, but the security company is claiming the Navy is preventing its operatives and other security agencies from boarding the seized vessel for further investigations. …

Dangote Oil Refining Company says its plant is awaiting the second shipment of barrels of crude in three weeks after it received its maiden one million barrels on Friday. The company, in a statement, said the STASCO vessel sailed to the refinery’s single-point mooring, where it was discharged into the refinery’s crude oil from the Shell International Trading and Shipping …

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said its personnel arrested a 77-metre-long Motor Tanker Vinnalaris 1 Lagos. It also accused the personnel of Tantita Security Services – a private security company, owned by an ex-Niger Delta warlord, Government Ekpemupolo (popularly known as Tompolo) of involvement in the illegal activities. The Nigerian Navy said the vessel had 17 crew members onboard at …

A Senate committee, on Thursday, threatened to report some oil and gas companies in the country to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) if they are found culpable of misappropriating a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervention loan of N135 billion. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas Resources, Hon. Agom Jarigbe, issued the threat when the beneficiary companies appeared before the …

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to work toward meeting its December deadline for the operation of refineries in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. During a recent meeting with the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, President Bola Tinubu assured that the Port-Harcourt refinery would commence operation by December, this …

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has waded into the dispute between Chevron Nigeria Limited and some communities within the company’s Warri exploration and production area in Delta State, over the composition and naming of the Host Communities Trust Fund. Both parties in the dispute have been urged to maintain the peace pending the resolution of the matter. The …

The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, says the construction of the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project which aims to link European market is expected to begin in 2024. Under this project, Gas is expected to be transported through the participating countries, including Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, and …

President Bola Tinubu has re-appointed Mallam Mele Kyari as Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited (NNPCL), while Chief Pius Akinyelure as Chairman of the Board. In a statement on Monday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale also named seven other members of the NNPCL Board. The statement read: In compliance with Section 59 …

Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have called for stronger penalties for oil companies promoting gas flaring in the area. This was contained in a communiqué on Friday at the end of a one-day stakeholders’ meeting organised by ActionAid Nigeria in Asaba, Delta State. The communiqué endorsed by the County Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu, presented a visual compilation …

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers has called on its members not to embark on strike, following the recent leadership tussle rocking the PTD. PTD’s factional National Chairman, Lucky Osesua, made the call in Abuja while speaking with officials of the association, adding that tanker drivers would not want to …