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Nigeria loses 10 million litres of petrol to oil thieves daily

Samuel Oduoye Jun 19, 2019 0

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said the country loses about 10 million litres petrol to smugglers each day, with attendant N2bn loss to the economy.The corporation’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, said…

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Oil thieves disguise as soldiers, steal four trucks of petrol from Lagos pipeline

Samuel Oduoye May 31, 2019 0

Some hoodlums disguised in army uniform to vandalise a petrol pipeline in Lagos in the early hours of Thursday.Residents of Tunde Alabi Crescent, Mafon in the Ejigbo area of the state, who are members of the Victory Estate Community…

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Navy Inducts 1,103 New Sailors to Fight Insurgents, Oil Thieves

News Agency of Nigeria Sep 8, 2018 0

No fewer than 1,103 new sailors have been inducted into the Nigerian Navy to complement the joint military operations in the North-East, Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea.Minister of Defence Mansur Dan-Ali announced this on Saturday at the…

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Photos: 3 suspected ‘oil thieves’ with Dangote truck in EFCC’s net

Harrison Arubu Apr 12, 2018 0

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested three suspected illegal oil dealers conveying the petroleum products in a Dangote truck.Spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on…

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Nigeria loses N780bn to illegal activities of oil thieves daily – Don

Uju May 4, 2017

Nigeria is losing about N780 billion daily to the illegal activities of oil thieves in the country, a don has said.Dr Dahiru Usman, a lecturer in the Department of Public Law, Bayero University, Kano, disclosed this in a paper he…

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Court Jails Five Filipinos, Four Bangladeshis For Stealing Crude Oil

Akintunde Dec 16, 2015 0

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced five Filipinos and four Bangladeshis to five years imprisonment for stealing 3,423 metric tons of crude oil.They are Axel Joseph, Gibo Jabone, Juanito Camireno, Suarin Fernando and…

Opinion

Oil thieves and Buhari’s Ogbanjes – Wole Olaoye

Wole Olaoye Oct 19, 2015 0

The issue of corruption and treasury looting by operatives of the immediate past administration will not go away in a hurry, not as long as President Muhammadu Buhari calls the shots in Aso Rock. I think the president has made it quite…

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Nigerian Navy Arrests 10 Indian Nationals For Oil Theft

Oche Lambano Jan 16, 2013 0

The Nigerian Navy has arrested 23 persons on board two vessels, MT EVE and MT ASHKAY, in Akasa and Sangana rivers respectively for alleged illegal oil bunkering in Bayelsa State.The suspects who include 10 Indians, two Ghanaians and 11…