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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
February 6, 2018 (Sundiata Post) — Nigeria is not only the biggest country in Africa; it is also the continent’s most foolishly generous. With 20 million litres smuggled out of the country daily, Nigeria’s subsidised petrol is a favourite commodity on West Africa’s black markets. The sale of illicit Nigerian petrol has become widespread across […]
The Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intensified marine patrol on River Benue channel linking Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon to contain fuel smugglers. The Area Comptroller of the command, Mr Adetoye Francis, disclosed this on Wednesday in Yola while auctioning 23 jerrycans of diesel confiscated from smugglers along […]
Lagos – There are heightened concerns over the spate of smuggling of petroleum products outside the shores of Nigeria, just as the nation continues to experience scarcity of fuel. Stakeholders are of the opinion that the porosity of Nigerian borders and insufficient coordinated response by the concerned authority are amply responsible for the frequency of illegal […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday raised alarm over the sustained nefarious activities of some cross-border fuel smuggling syndicates and hoarders, which have so far impeded efforts by the Corporation to sanitize the fuel supply and distribution matrix across the country. The was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement issued by the Group […]
By Kingsley Omonobi-Abuja. Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command under the Mushin Area Command led by the Area Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olasoji Olabayo on Sunday swooped on a Jet A1 siphoning and smuggling ring who had been stealing the products for months and selling it as kerosene to unsuspecting members of […]
Stories by David Agba Abuja Nigeria lost a whopping 27.12 million barrels of crude oil worth about $1.28 billion to crude theft in 2015, a report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has shown. The NEITI oil and gas audit process covered 75 entities, including 54 oil and gas companies, 10 government agencies, […]