The prosecutor told the court that they were arraigned for conspiracy, illegal crude bunkering, stealing, illegal possession of a firearm, and tempering with oil pipelines.

Theft accounts for roughly 15 percent of Nigeria’s 2.4 million barrels per day produced. Oil theft, or “bunkering,” occurs throughout the Niger Delta, where pipelines crisscross the region.

Over 280,000 litres of stolen crude oil had been recovered in the past week, he added, with 63 illegal oil bunkering sites and 11 illegal pipeline connections also uncovered.

According to the statement, the “carefully concealed illegal oil bunkering site” was raided following credible intelligence on the activities of criminals in the site.

The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, says its troops have deactivated 13 illegal bunkering sites, destroyed over 150 locally-made ovens as well as four boats and recovered over ...

The Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) has dismantled 500 illegal oil bunkering flash points across Cross River, Abia, Rivers, and other oil-producing states collectively referred to ...

The Army Headquarters in Abuja, said soldiers on internal security operations in the south south part of the country have captured an armoury located in a Camp from where suspected militants ...

The Nigerian Army is launching raids to crack down on illicit refineries as the oil-rich African nation struggles to curb oil theft and sabotage.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has decried the lack of significant increase in Nigeria's crude oil production in the past one year.

The joint military task force, “Operation Delta Safe’’ (OPDS), uncovered two illegal oil bunkering sites in Samkiri, a settlement in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers on Wednesday.

This news emerged on the same day that the enormous scale of oil theft — also called illegal bunkering — in Nigeria was revealed, and pressure grew on the military to get to grips with a ...

He also said that illegal oil bunkering in Nigeria persists due to the complicity of security agencies. Soyombo made the disclosures during an interview on Arise News Channel’s breakfast ...