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Pipeline surveillance has boosted environmental restoration in Niger Delta – PINL

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 15 June 2025 0

By Aherhoke Okioma Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, PINL, the pipeline surveillance company in charge of pipeline security in the Eastern Corridor at the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP), has said that its operations have positively impacted the Niger Delta by reducing pipeline vandalism, a

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FG to reopen 180,000 bpd Trans-Niger pipeline

Ihesiulo Grace 4 October 2022 0

The Federal Government has said it is set to reopen the Trans Niger Pipeline, the nation’s major liquid hydrocarbon delivery channel, which has been under force majeure for over six months. The Group General Manager of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), Bala Wunti, said this on Sunday. The Trans-Niger Pipeline, a major pipeline capable […]

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Conflict in pipeline security surveillance in N/Delta, calls for concern – CSO

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2021 0

Tunde Opalana, Abuja A civil society group, Conduct and Due Process Group has raised an alarm of pending threat to peace and tranquility in the oil producing Niger Delta region of the country should the conflict between the two pipeline security surveillance companies is not settled. The group said its intervention is to nip in […]

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Vandalised NNPC pipeline repaired – LASEMA

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2020 0

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said on Saturday that the agency monitored the repair of the vandalised pipeline at Mosan, Ipaja, Lagos State, by officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Oke-Osanyintolu made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

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LASEMA raises alarm over pipeline vadalism in Kakatin, a Lagos suburb

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2019 0

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has raised alarm of possible fire outbreak following pipeline vandalism at Kakatin Road, Aboru in Mosan-Okunola Local Council Area of the state. Director General of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, raised the alarm in an interview in Lagos on Sunday. Edo govt lists expectations from 2019 Alaghodaro Summit The […]

Business

FG justifies $1bn for Boko Haram fight

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

…Says funds also to battle bunkering, cattle rustling, others The Federal Government has described the criticisms trailing the approval of $1 billion for the fight against insurgency and other violent crimes in the country as unnecessary and unhelpful. The Minister of Information, Culture and and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, expressed this position at a news […]

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Oil prices jump above $65, as Nigeria Libya exempt

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2017 0

Brent crude oil prices jumped above $65 per barrel after the shutdown of the Forties North Sea pipeline knocked out significant supplies from a market that was already tightening due to Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)-led production cuts. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Brent crude futures on Tuesday, the international benchmark for […]

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Water shortage imminent in FCT as water pipe bursts

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2017 0

The FCT Water Board has said that there has been a major burst on a pipeline carrying water from the Lower Usuma Dam to Tank One which distributes water to strategic areas of the city. This explains the very low water pressure that parts of the city have been experiencing for some time now. The […]

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Security raid in Abule Egba

Ihesiulo Grace 4 October 2017 0

Sporadic gunfire by security operatives attached with the NNPC surveillance team has been reported as they are currently carrying out raids on illegal pipeline vandals and syndicates groups at Abule-Egba in Ijokoro LCDA. Several vehicles have been damaged. More to follow

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NNPC resumes loading at Mosimi deport after 12 months

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2017 0

Products supply and distribution have received a major boost following the resumption of loading activities by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at its Mosimi Area depot in Ogun State, on Monday. Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, who supervised the recommencement of loading operations at the area said the development marked a major […]

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Kaduna refinery loses N2bn to illegal tappers annually

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2017 0

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said its subsidiary, ‎Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), lost about N2.2 billion annually ‎to illegal tapping on its raw water pipeline. The corporation said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu.‎ According to Ughamadu, the raw

Power & Energy

NNPC, NLNG Partner Host Communities to Check Vandalism

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2015 0

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), and Nigerian LNG Limited, (NLNG), have extended various incentives to their host communities in order to nip the growing scourge of pipeline vandalism in the bud. Both companies have resolved to involve the various communities in their areas of operation to provide security for their infrastructure. While the NNPC […]