A destroyed refinery By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) says it has destroyed 134 illegal refineries in the last few weeks. Also, the company said 63 illegal pipeline connections were uncovered during the the weeks . The corporation, In a visual report, stated that at about 2 am on Sunday, a joint team of security agents discovered a large wooden boat illicitly loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 within the OML 18 operating area, noted intelligence report a large wooden wooden boat was caught receiving crude oil from the barge. According to the state-owned oil firm, while the barge was towed away with a tugboat in custody, five speedboats used in towing the large wooden boat to the illegal loading site were also detained and the particulars of the tugboats and barge used for the operation were reportedly seized for further investigation. It further said that two large boats, which involve
By Favour Ajibade
Air travellers within the country are having hectic time meeting up with their schedules, as airlines operators are either delaying or cancelling their operations, The News Mirror, have learnt.
It was further gathered that the problem, which was caused by poor weather, is having negative implications on travellers, as many of them found it practically impossible to book new appointments or meet the old ones.
The development made many airlines to change their arrangements, a source who spoke under cover has said.
For instance, Air Peace, yesterday ( Saturday) diverted its Kano bound flight to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja over poor visibility at the airport.
Besides, Azman Air and Max Air failed to operate their flights out of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos to northern destinations due to the same reason of foggy weather in most parts of the northern states.
News Mirror reports that about 160 passengers of Air Peace flight P47420 on its Airbus 320 aircraft, which departed Lagos Airport at 6:25am on Saturday to Kano were diverted to Abuja on account of the poor weather .
The aircraft was within the Kano airspace as at the time the pilot decided to divert the plane to Abuja as the poor weather condition in Kano worsens.
At Abuja airports, the airline advised its passengers to either disembark or return to Lagos.
Some of the passengers took the option of returning to Lagos, while the others disembark at Abuja airport.
One of the affected passengers,Mr. Adekunle Adelabu,said that the pilot informed them of the poor visibility in Kano before diverting to Abuja.
The situation had led to the disruption of his plan in Kano, but lauded the pilot for his display of professionalism,he said.
He added: “While we were in Kano airspace, the pilot announced to us that the flight would be diverted to Abuja airport because of the poor weather in Kano. At first, some of the passengers were apprehensive of the situation, but nothing is more precious than life.
“At Abuja airport where we landed safely, the airline at first told us to wait for an hour to know if the weather condition would improve in Kano, but after about two hours, we were given an option of either disembarking on return to Lagos.
“Some of the passengers decided to return to Lagos, while others took the option of disembarking in Kano. I love the professionalism of the pilot because he didn’t expose us to unnecessary danger.”
The northern parts of the country are currently experiencing shades of cloudy and foggy conditions, while flights to southern parts were not affected so far by the poor weather.
Also, at the Ilorin Airport, no flight could land or take off as the poor weather pervades the city.
Some of the passengers who had earlier booked for flights to either Abuja or Lagos and other destinations could not do so due to the bad weather.
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