The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has ramped up its campaign against illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta, dismantling 56 illegal refineries, recovering over 1.2 million liters of stolen crude, and arresting 17 suspects. The operations, conducted between 25 November and 1 December 2024, spanned Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, and Akwa Ibom states, according to the acting Deputy Director …

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that troops on internal operations neutralised 106 terrorists, arrested 164 others and rescued 103 hostages in one week. DHQ’s Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba told the media on Wednesday that troops arrested 32 suspected oil thieves and recovered stolen products worth N793.5 million only. He said troops recovered 125 assorted weapons …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the air components of Operations Whirl Punch and Delta Safe on Saturday, knocked out terrorists’ hideouts in Niger and destroyed illegal oil refining sites in the Niger Delta. in a statement on Sunday, the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet said that 18 illegal refining sites were destroyed in the …

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad has uncovered a massive illegal oil refining site in a forest in the Odagwa community of the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to the NSCDC, the site has 10 illegal refineries with an estimated 500, 000 litres of crude oil contained in about 50 …

The Joint Military Task Force Operation Delta Safe, on Wednesday, uncovered two illegal oil bunkering sites in Samkiri, a settlement in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The task force also found 30 illegal refining camps operating in the area. On 13 February, the OPDS destroyed some illegal refining sites at Ataba, near Bonny, also in the state. …

At least 83 illegal refineries were uncovered in the last week in the Niger Delta, according to NNPC Limited (NNPCL). The company said on its X handle on Tuesday that 15 illegal pipeline connections were also discovered within the same period. “In the past week, 15 illegal pipeline connections and 83 illegal refineries have been uncovered in the Niger Delta”, …