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‘Idolatry’: Venezuela Catholic Church slams
lord's prayer homage to Hugo Chavez.
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OIL THEFT: IOCS KEEP MUM AS STAKEHOLDERS TRADE BLAME
Shell
and Chevron, two leading international oil companies (IOCs) active in Nigeria
have maintained stoic silence over the declaration on Wednesday by the chief of
naval staff, Vice-Admiral Usman Jibrin that oil companies are culpable in oil
theft, a LEADERSHIP survey of stakeholder reactions has revealed. While
Chevron’s general manager in charge of public affairs, Sola Adebonwo, did not
respond to telephone enquiries, his colleague, Ibe Ojo, refused to comment
insisting that only his boss could talk to the press on the matter. Similarly,
Shell spokesman, declined to comment on the issue. However, Nigeria’s
representative on the global board of the Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative (EITI), Faith Nwadishi, said the IOCs cannot be exonerated from
alleged culpability in oil theft.
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