The NPA said the three ships were expected to berth with crude oil, bulk urea and diesel.
Mr Nkwede said Ndi-Igbo were pained that the eastern region was relegated in the scheme of things.
“I hear things like scarcity of forex. What is scarcity of forex, as if the world owes us any forex? The world does not owe us any forex.”
Mr Ribadu estimated the value of 400,000 barrels of crude oil at about 4 million dollars, and blamed the loss on the country’s high cost of living.
The Nigerian Air Force says it destroyed boats laden with stolen crude oil as part of efforts to thwart oil theft in the Niger Delta region.
A committee is investigating alleged loss of over $2 billion in revenue from illegal sale of 48 million barrel of crude oil export from 2015 including crude oil export from 2014.
Mr Malami said he was not privy to any documents involving him, adding that the auditor general of the federation had not also made documents available to him or his office.
The PDP presidential candidate said, irrespective of his support, he remained focused on diversifying Nigeria’s economy if elected in 2023.
Mr Giadom said the remediation of the 2,196-hectare shoreline was the largest cleanup in the world.
Mr Adeola said the diversification was necessary, given the increasing dwindling revenue profile of the nation.
