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Nigeria's state-owned oil company says an oil tanker carrying 800,000 litres of stolen crude has been intercepted offshore while heading to Cameroon.

Oil theft from pipelines and wells in the Niger Delta is a major problem for the Nigerian economy, robbing it of much needed revenue.

The oil company said that the Nigerian registered tanker had been operating in what it called stealth mode for the last 12 years.

(Picture: Picture dated on April 14, 2009 shows an aerial view of Total oil platform at Amenem, 35 kilometers away from Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. Picture Credit: Getty Images).