Tag: JTF
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Oil theft: EU, NNPC officials, JTF visit illegal refining sites
The European Union, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) and the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Delta Safe, on Friday visited an illegal refining site in Rivers, to inspect the impacts on the environment. The refinery, already destroyed by the JTF is located in Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state. The visit…
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JTF intercepts migrating herders in their hundreds
The Joint Task Force (JTF) has intercepted a large number of herdsmen, believed to be Fulani, who have the intention of settling down in Kwara. The JTF is made up of personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Nigerian Army and the Police. In a press release on Wednesday in Ilorin,…
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Hunters, civilian JTF to get N352m in fight against Boko Haram
Authorities in Maiduguri have approved N352 million for the operations of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and hunters, in the fight against insurgency in the state, the state information commissioner, Babakura Abba-Jato said on Thursday. Mr. Abba-Jato noted that the approval was given at the first state executive council meeting of 2021, presided over…
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JTF, Navy visit Jonathan in Otuoke to ascertain level of damage
The Joint Task Force (JFT), code named Operation Delta Safe, and the Nigerian Navy on Monday visited former President Goodluck Jonathan’s residence in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The visit was to ascertain the level of damage following attack on the former president’s residence by unknown gunmen on Christmas eve. They said the…
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Joint Task Force destroys over 300 illegal refineries in Niger Delta
Rear Adm. Apochi Suleiman, the Commander, Joint Task Force codenamed: “Operation Delta Safe” (OPDS) says no fewer than 300 illegal refineries have been destroyed in the ongoing operation. Suleiman made this known to newsmen on Wednesday at the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS), Warri Naval base. He said that a suspected militant and member of a…
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JTF, Shell deny coercing Bayelsa community to endorse spill report
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta and oil major, Shell on Monday denied allegations of coercing the leadership of Aghoro 1 community in Bayelsa to sign a disputed report on oil spillage. A disagreement in the areas impacted by an oil leak on the Trans Ramos Pipeline within Shell’s oilfield at Aghoro…
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JTF to partner volunteer groups, community leaders to fight crime in Bayelsa
Commander of Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe, Rear Admiral Apoche Suleiman, says the force will partner volunteers and community leaders in Bayelsa to rid Niger Delta of criminals. Suleiman made the pledge when the Chairman, Bayelsa Volunteers, Mr Lucky Asanakpo and the local government coordinators of the group paid him a courtesy visit…
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Boko Haram: Suicide bomber kills five Civilian JTF members in Borno
Boko Haram suicide bomber on Tuesday attacked a checkpoint in troubled Borno State, killing five members of a youth vigilante group. Five persons were also injured in the attack. In a statement, the spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency, North East Zonal Office, Maiduguri, Abdulkadir Ibrahim said, “Five members of Civilian JTF were killed…
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JTF stops burning illegal refineries
The Joint Military Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, says it has adopted environmentally friendly methods in combating oil theft and illegal refining in the region Brig.-Gen Kevin Aligbe, Land Component Commander of the joint force code-named “Operation Delta Safe,” disclosed this on Sunday in Yenagoa. Alighe said that troops of the command had introduced…
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Arrested militant, Oyawerikumor Peregbabofa leader killed in ambush – JTF
The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Delta Safe (ODS), on Friday confirmed that a militant leader in its custody, Oyawerikumor Peregbabofa, popularly known in the creeks of the Niger Delta as Karaowei, was later killed in an ambush. This was revealed by JTF’s Coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre (JMCC), Maj. Ibrahim Abdullahi in a statement…