1.0African News Paperhttps://www.africannewspaper.netadminhttps://www.africannewspaper.net/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="FOrzdOVKIs"><a href="https://www.africannewspaper.net/2022/08/30/former-nigerian-militants-get-contracts-to-combat-oil-theft-the-north-africa-post/">Former Nigerian militants get contracts to combat oil theft – The North Africa Post</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.africannewspaper.net/2022/08/30/former-nigerian-militants-get-contracts-to-combat-oil-theft-the-north-africa-post/embed/#?secret=FOrzdOVKIs" width="600" height="338" title="“Former Nigerian militants get contracts to combat oil theft – The North Africa Post” — African News Paper" data-secret="FOrzdOVKIs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC announced it has hired a firm owned by former militant Tompolo, whose movement’s attacks on facilities in the early 2000s crippled oil production, to protect installations and tackle rampant theft.It was one of five security contracts awarded as theft and pipeline sabotage have cut Nigeria’s oil exports by nearly half […]