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Published 11/06/2009 by AllAfrica.com


Nigeria: N75 Million Fraud - National Assembly Canvasses Sale of Refineries

FOLLOWING the allegation of fraud levelled against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over products importation and storage in private depots, the National Assembly yesterday charged President Umaru

Yar'Adua to remove the embargo placed on the sale of four refineries in Nigeria, while...

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