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NNPC losing N774m fuel subsidy revenues daily…

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 […]

Petrol stations mushrooming at border towns 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 […]

Nigeria, Niger to build oil refinery ‘to…

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 […]

Fuel: West African Marketers Profit From Nigeria’s…

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 […]

NCS intensifies marine patrol to combat fuel…

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 […]

Concerns Over Smuggling Of Fuel In Nigeria…

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 […]

Baru raises alarm on activities of cross-border…

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 […]

Police smash aviation fuel smuggling ring in…

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 […]