NAPE’s Abiodun Adesanya speaks on Britain’s oil interests
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British High Commissioner, Paul Arkwright has expressed the readiness of the British government to invest in Nigeria's oil and gas Industry, urging the Nigerian government to organise an oil and gas road show in London.
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