President Bola Tinubu has called for the collaboration of traditional rulers in the Niger Delta region in maintaining enduring peace and security in the area. This, he said, is to ensure maximum oil production and enhancement of the economy. While addressing a forum of the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council at the palace of their Chairman, His Majesty, Major-General Felix …

The House of Representatives  Ad-hoc Committee on Crude Oil Theft has insisted that the heads of the Nigeria National Petroleum Ltd, (NNPCL); Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority, (NIWA) must appear physically for investigation. The chairman, Hon. Alhassan Rumrum, gave this indication at the resumed hearing of the panel yesterday when heads of …

The military high command on Thursday, said its operations across the Niger Delta region denied oil thieves opportunities to steal crude oil estimated at N4bn from the country. The command said within the period under review, over 6.6 million litres of stolen crude oil; 3.5 million litres of AGO; 200,000 litres of DPK, and over 65,000 liters of Premium Motor …

Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the 2023 polls, Mr.Dumebi Kachikwu has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to end crude oil theft in the country and prosecute all those involved. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Kachikwu lamented over the growing rate of oil theft in the country, saying that Tantita should remain contractors of the pipeline surveillance since their …

The Federal Government has arraigned 12 suspected oil thieves in connection with the intercepted Cameroon-bound vessel laden with 150 metric tonnes of stolen crude oil before the Federal High Court in Asaba. The vessel, MT TURA II, was intercepted on 7th July on Escravos Sea in Delta State with 11 Nigerians and one Ghanaian onboard. On 11th July, the military …

The operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said it had arrested no fewer than eight persons caught while transporting suspected stolen petroleum products in Ajah Beach in Lagos State on Tuesday. The suspects were said to have been apprehended during a routine patrol of the Anti-vandal unit of the agency’s state command. The command Public Relations Officer, …

The Nigerian Navy has excavated and dismantled the oil equipment of a suspected oil syndicate on Oil Mining Lease-18 in Elem Krakama Creek in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Navy said it dismantled the equipment used in siphoning crude precisely on Oil Well 17 operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship …

The 800,000-litre vessel intercepted on the coastline of Ondo State was Cameroun-bound, according to NNPC Limited (NNPCL). Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, owned by former militant leader Government Ekpemepulo (well known as Tompolo) intercepted the massive vessel carrying barrels of stolen crude oil in Escravos area of Delta State. The effort was said to have been in collaboration with security …

Troops of 5 Battalion operating under 16 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have captured a suspected militants’ and illegal bunkerers’ armory at Azuzuama community, Ijaw South Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The gun house was reportedly captured on Sunday after the troops subdued the suspects with superior firepower, forcing them to flee in disarray, Army spokesman Brig.-General Onyema Nwachukwu said yesterday. …

Prominent Niger Delta leader and former agitator, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, on Friday in Abuja, alleged that the bulk cases of oil theft recorded in the oil-rich region are traceable to the Nigerian Army and Navy. “The military is at the centre of oil theft and we have to make this very clear to the Nigerian public that 99 per cent …