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NNPC suspends oil search in Chad Basin over Boko Haram attacks

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has suspended exploration of crude oil in the Lake Chad Basin in Borno State. According to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, this is following attacks on its workers and some military personnel by the terrorist group, Boko Haram. He said the exercise had to be... Read More

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July 29, 2016

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Opinion: Is the search for oil in the North-East a fool’s errand?

By Ikenna Okonkwo President Buhari recently ordered (if that is the right word) the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) to intensify its search for hydrocarbons in the Nigerian sector of the Chad basin (North-Eastern Nigeria). The reaction as usual was renewed skepticism over a search that is in its third decade and with each passing year looks more... Read More

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