Nigerian Navy Seizes 6,000 Litres of Smuggled Petrol in Badagry Operation

Nigerian Navy Seizes 6,000 Litres of Smuggled Petrol in Badagry Operation

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The Nigerian Navy has intensified its crackdown on cross-border fuel smuggling with the recovery of more than 6,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, during an operation along the Badagry-Ajara axis of Lagos State. The operation was carried out by personnel of the Forward Operating Base, Badagry, following intelligence reports on the activities of fuel smugglers operating within the area. According to a statement […]

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Nigerian Navy Hands Over 125 Bags of Smuggled Rice to Customs in Lagos

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The Nigerian Navy has handed over 125 bags of seized foreign parboiled rice to the Nigeria Customs Service following a successful anti-smuggling operation carried out by personnel of Naval Base Epe in Lagos State. Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, led by Superintendent of Customs Chinedu Eboh, received the seized items during a formal handover at the Naval Base on […]

May 6, 2026 21

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Smuggled Nigerian petrol floods W’African markets, sells N1,700/litre

The Federal Government, on Monday, raised the alarm over the renewed smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, following the massive hike in the pump price of the commodity in neighbouring countries. It stated that while the average price of petrol in Nigeria was about N701/litre, the average cost of the product in neighbouring countries was N1,787/litre, a development that heightened PMS smuggling out of Nigeria in the past […]

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