pipeline vandalisation

In spite of the efforts being made by security agencies, oil companies and other critical stakeholders, Nigeria is still losing thousands of barrels of crude oil daily to pipeline vandalism and theft, writes BISI OLANIYI, Southsouth Bureau Chief The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari...

The Nigeria Police Force has paraded 13 suspects arrested for criminal conspiracy, pipeline vandalism and theft of product of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS. In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Jimoh Moshood, the suspects were arrested in Kaduna, Niger and Delta States. The...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday that it recorded 1,447 incidences of pipeline vandalism across the country resulting in the loss of millions of litres of products worth billions of naira in 2016 alone. NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru...

Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers on Friday said it had blown up another oil pipeline operated by a subsidiary of Italian oil major Eni in Bayelsa. Spokesman Mudoch Agbinibo made this confirmation in a statement. He said: “At about 3:00 am (0200 GMT) to 5:00 am, the Niger Delta Avengers...