Tag: Crude oil theft

House of Reps summons NNPC, oil companies over crude oil theft

The House of Representatives has summoned the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and 19 other oil and gas companies over crude oil worth $17bn which was allegedly stolen through exports between…

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“Wherever you find PDP, you will find misery” – 5 things Gov. Aregbesola wants you to know

by Kolapo Olapoju   Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has spewed some scathing words at the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party. Aregbesola says President Goodluck Jonathan should be held responsible…

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Mama militant, 60-year-old oil thief nabbed in Bayelsa

by Azubuike Azikiwe A 60-year-old crude oil thief, Victoria Sorkibulor, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Bayelsa State Command. Sorkibulor, who is popluarly known as…

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Opinion: Crude oil theft, organised crime and the Niger-Delta environment

by Jaye Gaskia In 2009 and 2010, the figures claimed ranged 100,000 barrels per day to 200,000 barrels per day of crude oil. By 2012 this figure had risen to…

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Bayelsa chief, 3 others arrested over crude oil theft

by Rachel Ogbu A community chief whose name was not released and three other persons have been arrested for the theft of 2,000 metric tons of crude oil on the…

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Big principalities and powers in gov’t responsible for crude oil theft – Shell boss

by Rachel Ogbu Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Mutiu Sunmonu, said on Wednesday that the best way to solve the problem of crude oil theft was to find out…

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“Power supply is one area in which Nigerians are quite satisfied…” – 5 key quotes from Jonathan’s CNN interview

by Joachim MacEbong President Goodluck Jonathan's interview with Christiane Amanpour has generated a lot of reaction with several observers supporting his stand and others not quite impressed with his response…

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