MINES minister Tom Alweendo said illegal fuel should be discouraged as it is against the law, deprives the state of much-needed revenue, compromises public safety and poses an environmental risk. Speaking whilst launching the fuel information-sharing campaign at the border point of Oshikango in the Ohangwena region on Friday, Alweendo stated that the increase of […]
Leading a top Management team of the corporation on a visit to the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, revealed that detailed study conducted by NNPC indicated strong correlation between the presence of the frontier stations and the activities of fuel smuggling syndicates. According to […]
The increasing number of filling stations in Nigeria’s border towns is raising suspicion that they are funnels for fuel smuggling to neighbouring countries. Maikanti Baru, the group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), raised the alarm on Sunday when he received the comptroller general of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, a retired […]
The Head of the Investigations Bureau of the Attorney General’s Office in the Libyan capital, Al-Siddiq Al-Sour, announced the lasts outcomes of the investigations into crimes, murders, and human as well as fuel smuggling in Libya. Human and fuel smuggling Al-Sour explained in a presser on Wednesday that the AG issued 205 arrest warrants for […]
Libya’s naval forces on Thursday seized a Togo-flagged fuel tanker and arrested its Greek crew on the suspicion they planned to smuggle oil out of the country, a spokesman for the forces said. Libya’s western coast is a departure point for the smuggling of heavily subsidised gasoline to neighbours such as Tunisia and Malta, where […]
Image: bestdesigns/istockPhoto Addison-based Authentix will soon be helping fight the illicit refined fuels trade in Zambia. The global authentication and information services provider announced Monday that it had been chosen by The Energy Regulation Board of Zambia as its technology and services partner to combat the illicit fuels trade in the landlocked nation in southern Africa. Authentix’s program utilizes […]
TRIPOLI, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed on Monday that arrest warrants have been issued by the Attorney General against fuel smugglers in western Libya. “NOC commends the Attorney General’s decision to issue arrest warrants against more than 144 smugglers in western Libya,” NOC said in a statement. “Smuggling cost […]
admin 1 day ago DAILY INDEPENDENT Leave a comment 6 Views 34 mins ago 37 mins ago 41 mins ago Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reiterated its resolve to fight fuel smuggling through the creeks and land borders. The Service described perpetrators of act of smuggling as economic saboteurs and enemies of the country. Aminu […]
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated government’s resolve to deal forcefully and decisively with the issue of illegal bunkering and the smuggling of petroleum products by sea into Ghana. Government, he said, is in the process of formulating policies aimed at nipping the situation in the bud once and for all. Dr. Bawumia gave […]
In a major bid to frontally tackle the menace of cross-border fuel smuggling, Nigeria and the neighbouring Niger Republic plan to build an oil refinery. Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria’s minister of state for petroleum resources, led a Nigerian government delegation to Niamey, the Nigerien capital, on Wednesday to discuss a firm agreement for the design and construction of the […]