NNPC BACKS FG’S PLAN TO FORMALISE ILLEGAL OIL REFINING IN NIGER DELTA

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it would support plans by the federal government to formalise illegal crude oil refining operations in the Niger Delta, saying it was part of the antidotes to criminality including militancy in the region. According to the corporation, the government’s decision would take away from the streets of the region, many of its […]

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NSCDC ARRESTS TANKER DRIVER FOR ADULTERATING FUEL

The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a driver, Adebiyi Yusuf, for allegedly engaging in illegal oil bunkering and adulteration of diesel. Thirty-two-year old Yusuf was apprehended along with one Paul Ifeakandu on Saturday on the premises of a complex on Jimoh Odutola Street, Surulere, Lagos, where they were reportedly selling the product. […]

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NSCDC INTERCEPTS BOAT LOADED WITH SMUGGLED FUEL

The Marine squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command, early Wednesday morning intercepted a flying boat loaded with allegedly smuggled Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol along Badagry-Tongeji waterways, on its way to the Republic of Benin. Our correspondent gathered that two flying boats were said to have been sighted near Kese waterfront at […]

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