Oil theft

November 24, (THEWILL) - Last Monday, The Chairman of Tantita Securities Services Limited, a private security outfit engaged by the petroleum authorities to prevent crude oil theft in Nigeria, Chief Government Epkemupolo, aka Tompolo, accused the Nigeria Navy of...

October 09, (THEWILL) – A University Don and President of the Historical Society of Nigeria, Professor Samuel Aghalino, has stressed the need for the Federal Government to examine the contemporary challenges of climate change, illicit activities of oil bunkering...

January 27, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has ordered an investigation into the allegations of corruption levelled against the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla. Vice Admiral Ogalla was accused of providing security for oil thieves...

September 4, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian army troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion, have uncovered oil thieves' camps in Owahwa Creek in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta state. A statement issued on Monday, by the Director, Army Public...

August 04, (THEWILL) - The Nigerian Navy has said Motor Tanker (MT) Praisel was duly approved by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), to load 1,114,721 litres of high pour fuel oil (HPFO) from Greenmac...

August 04, (THEWILL) - Operatives of the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd (TSSNL), have intercepted another vessel laden with suspected stolen crude oil in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State. TSSNL is a private security company owned...

June 26, (THEWILL) - Troops of 5 Battalion, operating under 16 Brigade, Nigerian Army, on Sunday, captured an armoury in a camp at Azuzuama Community, in Ijaw South Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The Director of Army Public...

June 17, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army and Navy have reacted to an allegation by ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, that some cabals in the military are involved in oil theft in the region. Dokubo, who was at...

June 10, (THEWILL) – The Commandant General (C-G), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has ordered  Commandants in Niger Delta to rejig their anti-vandal units. He also charged them to maintain 24-hour surveillance of oil facilities. On Friday,...

April 26, (THEWILL) – After losing N2.3 trillion revenue to oil theft in 12 months, Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has secured a $800 million facility from the World Bank to cushion the effects of the planned oil subsidy removal...