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Nigeria: Scores Killed As Explosion Rocks Illegal Refinery in Imo
Premium Times, 23 April 2022
Multiple witnesses in the local media, put the casualty figure between 100 and 200, as of Saturday. Read more »
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Nigeria: More Than 100 Dead in Nigeria Oil Blast - Officials Open Probe
VOA, 23 April 2022
Officials in southern Nigeria are investigating a site where more than 100 people have been reported killed following a powerful oil explosion. Read more »
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Nigeria: Imo Oil Refinery Disaster - Death Toll Rises to 110
Daily Trust, 24 April 2022
The number of victims in the illegal oil refinery fire disaster has risen by one, bringing the number of victims so far recovered to 110. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Orders Security Agencies to Intensify Clampdown On Illegal Refineries
This Day, 24 April 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday directed the nation's armed forces, security and intelligence agencies to intensify the clampdown on illegal refineries following the reported… Read more »
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Nigeria: Blast At Illegal Oil Refinery Kills Scores
DW, 24 April 2022
At least 110 people have died in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southeastern Nigeria, emergency officials say. The disaster highlights the country's problems with oil… Read more »
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Nigeria: Oil Theft - Navy Seizes 6 Million Litres of Stolen Crude From Illegal Refiners
This Day, 25 April 2022
IIn furtherance of Operation Dakatar Da Barawo (OPDDB) that was launched to checkmate crude oil theft and related acts of economic sabotage, the Nigerian Navy said it seized 6,… Read more »