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Billionaire Gilbert Chagoury's shadow looms over new NNPC chair

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The logo of the Nigerian oil company in Abuja, August 2022.
The logo of the Nigerian oil company in Abuja, August 2022. © Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters

Ahmadu Musa Kida, who has been appointed chairman of Nigeria's national oil company, has multiple connections with Lebanese-Nigerian tycoon Gilbert Chagoury, a close ally of Bola Tinubu. Kida sits on various boards of the latter's companies.

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