{
  "id": 1494883,
  "title": "Ojulari never awarded oil block, had no role in licensing – NNPCL insiders",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ojulari-never-awarded-oil-block-had-no-role-in-licensing-nnpcl",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T13:37:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/17/ojulari-never-awarded-oil-block-had-no-role-in-licensing-nnpcl-insiders/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Bayo Ojulari, did not award or participate in the award of any oil block or marginal field, industry insiders have said. The insiders also said Ojulari and NNPCL do not have the statutory authority to allocate oil blocks or issue petroleum licences […] Ojulari never awarded oil block, had no role in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}