Tag: Niger delta
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Niger Delta tensions rise
Concerns former militants could return. Niger Delta: Security beefed up over militants’ regrouping Tension is heightening in the Niger Delta, as indications have emerged that some former militants in the […]
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Oil theft vessels to be treated as saboteurs
Nigerian Navy issues warning. Oil theft vessels will be treated as saboteurs – Navy FIDELIS SORIWEI The authorities of the Nigerian Navy have warned members of the Nigerian Ship Owners […]
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Nigeria to use drones in oil fight
Annual loss estimated at $3 billion. Nigeria: drones to monitor vessels in fight against oil theft Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr Emmanuel Kachikwu has […]
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Nigeria: monarch seeks piracy help
New President needs to crack down on piracy. Bayelsa monarch seeks help over sea piracy By Wille Etim THE Amanayabo of Okpoama Kingdom in Brass Local Council of Bayelsa State, […]
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Nigerian Navy’s new tactics
Niger Delta group explains persistence of menace Navy adopts fresh strategies against oil theft By Chido Okafor (Warri) and Ann Godwin (Port Harcourt) IN a renewed bid to drastically reduce […]
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US Offers To Help Fight Oil Theft
Training and intel offered. US Offers To Help Check Crude Oil Theft In Gulf Of Guinea Joseph Bakare/Ijeoma Agudosi The United States of America has pledged to lend a hand […]
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Govt Depts Scuttled Anti-Maritime Crimes Agency
The demise of PICOMMS in Nigeria. PICOMSS: How Feuding Govt Depts Scuttled Anti-Maritime Crimes Agency By Senator Iroegbu The Federal Government may have unwittingly shot itself on the foot in […]
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Nigerian oil thieves busted
Thieves and illegally refineries found. JTF arrests 18 suspected oil thieves, destroys 31 illegal refineries The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, “Operation Pulo Shield” says that it […]
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Delta Militants Question Amnesty
Removal of amnesty could have maritime consequences. Delta Militants Question Amnesty as Buhari Takes Office Chris Stein YENAGOA, NIGERIA—Former militants in Nigeria’s Niger Delta say unrest may resume if the […]