Tag: Oil bunkering

“There’s a Nigerian being paid ₦4bn monthly to guard pipelines despite ongoing oil theft” – Prof. Ikechukwu alleges

Aminu Imam
Prof. Ikechukwu alleges ongoing oil theft2

The Executive Director of ‘Development Specs Academy’ and Visiting Professor of Social and Management Science, Professor Okey Ikechukwu, has made a stunning allegation during a live interview, stating that a Nigerian individual is being paid four billion naira every month to protect the country’s oil pipelines, yet crude oil theft, known as bunkering, continues uninterrupted. Speaking during a television programme, according to a video recently posted, Prof. Ikechukwu used Nigeria’s oil sector as a case study in what he described as a culture of self delusion within government. He pointed…

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Amnesty Int’l, activists condemn Armys arrest of journalist

Aminu Imam
Amnesty Int'l, activists condemn

Condemnations have trailed the detention of investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo by the Nigerian Army at an oil-bunkering site in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.   Recall that Spokesperson for the 6 Division, Lt-Col. ?anjuma ?anjuma, stated on Friday that Soyombo was arrested during an operation against crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism.   Amnesty International, in its condemnation, described the arbitrary arrest as unlawful and called for his immediate and unconditional release. Fisayo has been in military detention and out of reach since 26 Nov. in utter disregard for the rule of law.…

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Controversy trails Navysissuance of bunkering license

Aminu Imam

Controversy is currently trailing the continuous issuance of bunkering permit by the Nigerian Navy, a development stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime industry have described as an aberration. Speaking to newsmen at the on-going Lagos International Maritime Week, General Manager, Planning of the Nigerian Navy, Commodore Igbani Agwu, said that the Navy had to come to issuance of bunkering permit because the space had to be regulated because of the unwholesome activities being experienced in that sector. Agwu also said that the Navy had to come into the issuance of bunkering…

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Bunkering unstoppable because Military, Police, Civil Defence are involved – Wike

Aminu Imam

Says senior officers aiding oil theft Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the fight to stop crude oil theft has continued to fail, because top-ranking officers of the military, police and the Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, (NCDC), were involved in the illegal activities. Wike stated this yesterday, when he hosted the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Isiaka Oladayo Amao, on a courtesy visit at Government House, Port Harcourt. He urged the Federal Government to consider the damage caused by the activities of crude oil thieves to the economic…

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