Governor of Nigeria’s central bank is fired after warning of billions in missing oil revenue

by Adam Nossiter

DAKAR, Senegal — President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria removed the governor of the country’s central bank from his post on Thursday, after the bank governor repeatedly charged that billions of dollars in oil revenue owed to the treasury was missing.

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