Nigerian police recover stolen state oil funds
By DW
30 November 2018 |
10:00 am
A Nigerian police investigation has retrieved hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen state oil funds. It came as an Italian court sentenced two men to four years in jail in a case involving Eni and Shell in Nigeria.
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