The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has insisted that crude oil pipelines across the country must be metered, to curb oil theft. It lamented that its demand for the metering of crude oil pipelines in the country had yet to be activated. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, on Thursday, noted that metering oil pipelines would help to …

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested two teenagers suspected of oil theft and destroyed of several illegal refineries in the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. The arrests were made as part of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad’s ongoing efforts to combat oil theft and economic sabotage. According to a statement by …

Nigerian businessman, Tony Elumelu, has said the government and security agents in Nigeria should be able to tell Nigerians who steal the country’s crude oil, especially using vessels that move through the territorial waters. Elumelu stated this in an interview published by the Financial Times on Friday. The businessman, who said he dreaded oil theft, said the menace contributed to …

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, on Friday, said the military was taking steps to crack down on crude oil thieves, affirming that their days were numbered. Christopher also assured Nigerians that the military would play its part to ensure that the country meets its crude oil production target of 2.1 million barrels per day. “For the …

With Nigeria facing the reality of not meeting its 2024 oil production target, Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Major General Christopher Musa have vowed to curb oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region. They agreed that the menace of oil theft, which has seriously curtailed production …

Senator Seriake Dickson representing Bayelsa West said some very important personalities (VIPs) from Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are behind oil theft in Niger Delta. Dickson stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Friday. The two-term governor of Bayelsa State said the official system and oil companies are beneficiaries of oil theft in the Niger Delta. …

Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has called on the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to scale up the fight against illegal bunkering, oil theft as well as protect critical national assets in the state. He urged the corps to continue to support the military and the police to tackle such acts of economic sabotage, even as he …

The battle against oil theft received a boost with two Federal High Courts, sitting in Abuja ordering the forfeiture of two bunkering vessels – MT Kali and MT Harbour Spirit – arrested by a private security firm, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) in conjunction with government security agencies to the Federal Government. The courts also ordered the sale of …

A socioeconomic organisation in the Niger Delta region, the Anti-Pipeline Vandalisation/Oil Theft and Illegal Bunkering Task Force Group has faulted a call on the Federal Government to cancel the crude oil pipeline surveillance contract being handled by Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL). The push is being made by a body which identified itself as the National Awareness Forum (NAF). Rising …

The Senate has ordered a comprehensive probe into the activities of security forces and organised groups employing sophisticated techniques to steal crude oil in the country. This decision was prompted by a motion put forth during Tuesday’s plenary session by Senator Ned Nwoko (PDP, Delta North), who reeled out data on what Nigeria loses to pipeline vandalism and oil bunkering. …