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Pipeline Explodes in Nigeria—Scores Missing

Sunday, March 3, 2019

On March 1 more than 50 people went missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded in southern Nigeria. The blast caused massive oil spillage in the Nembe kingdom in Bayelsa state, the Nembe Chiefs Council spokesman, Chief Nengi James-Eriworio, was cited as telling the Associated Press.

The Nembe trunk line is operated by the Port Harcourt-based Aiteo Group and carries crude to the Bonny export terminal. It was not immediately clear if the pipeline had been shut down.


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