Tag: Vandalism
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Buhari warns against pipeline vandalism, commiserates with Abia explosion victims
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed regret over the needless loss of lives and property as a result of last Friday’s pipeline explosion in Osisioma Ngwa community of Abia State, and sympathizes with those who lost loved ones The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja, Saturday,…
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Niger Delta: Vandalism worries SPDC
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), has urged youths in the oil producing Niger Delta region to embrace peace and end vandalisation of oil installations in the area. Mr Igo Weli, General Manager, External Relations, SPDC, made the appeal on Thursday in Port Harcourt, during the “Youths Summit for Land East Hub Host Communities’’ programme…
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We lost over 70% production capacity to vandalism in 2016 – NNPC
The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the shortfall in gas supply for power generation is caused by militancy activities in the Niger Delta. The NNPC, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by Mr Ndu Ughamadu, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs…
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Nigeria loses $80bn annually to vandalism in Niger Delta – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, has said Nigeria loses over $80bn annually due to vandalism of oil facilities in the Niger Delta. Kachikwu made this known in Friday in Yenagoa at the resumed dialogue with Niger Delta stakeholders as part of the visit of Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to Bayelsa.…