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More or Less: Oil

BBC World Service - The Essential, More or Less: Oil

Are a million barrels of Nigeria’s oil stolen per day? Ruth Alexander finds out.

Ruth Alexander finds out if a million barrels of oil per day are stolen from Nigeria.

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said a million barrels of the country’s oil were stolen per day. Is he right? Ruth Alexander asks Peter Cunliffe-Jones of Africa Check. 
Producers: Keith Moore and Phoebe Keane 
(Image: A Nigerian Oil Rig. Credit: Getty)

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