Nigeria recorded 3.33 million barrels of crude oil theft in 2025, with about 66 per cent of the reported losses occurring in the fourth quarter. The troubling development raised fresh concerns over persistent oil theft and its impact on the country’s revenue and production targets. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) disclosed this in its 2025 annual report released on Thursday, which showed that 2.19 million barrels of crude oil were stolen between October and December alone.........................READ MORE