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Nigeria president sacks state oil firm chiefs


    ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan sacked the managing director of the state oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) and three other senior directors on Tuesday, a presidency statement said.

    "To further strengthen the ongoing reforms ... and in furtherance of efforts to achieve greater transparency and accountability ... President Jonathan has approved the re-composition of the executive management team of the NNPC," the statement said.

    (Reporting by Felix Onuah; Writing by Joe Brock; Editing by Gary Hill)