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Ruth Alexander finds out if a million barrels of oil per day are stolen from Nigeria. Plus, how much oil in the Arctic?

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said a million barrels of the country’s oil were stolen per day. Is he right? Ruth Alexander asks Peter Cunliffe-Jones of Africa Check. And, does 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil lie in the Arctic? Producers: Keith Moore and Phoebe Keane (Image: A Nigerian Oil Rig. Credit: Getty)

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