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Nigeria's president plans to split state oil company into two entities - spokesman

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ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari plans to split the state oil company into two entities, his spokesman said on Saturday.

NNPC is accused of failing to account for billions of dollars.

(Reporting by Felix Onuah, additional reporting by Alexis Akwagyiram in Lagos and Julia Payne in Abuja,; Writing by Alexis Akwagyiram, Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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First Published: Jul 25 2015 | 11:49 PM IST

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