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Ending crude oil theft in Bayelsa state

By TVC News Nigeria
26 May 2019   |   4:24 pm
The Nigerian Navy has handed over two vessels, boats and a twenty-two man crew to the commission of the Economic and Financial crime in an attempt to halt the theft of crude oil in Bayelsa state.

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