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
Above: NEITI logo Below: Ogbonanya By Akinola Ajibade The Nigerian Exractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the National Assembly have helped Federal Government to recover N2.6trillion from oil and gas companies, its Executive Secretary, Dr Orji Ogbonanya, He said this at a Civil Society Engagement on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Validation programme in Abuja. He, however, noted that $2.6 billion remain outstanding as at March 2022, adding that NEITI is prepared to collaborate with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti graft agencies to ensure the government recover the rest of the funds. The agency, Ogbonanya, swung into action to prepare Nigeria for global governance assessment exercise in oil, gas and mining sectors come February 2023. According to him, the validation Committee is made up of the NSWG with the Secretariat currently providing technical support, while Shadow Validation Comm