The attacks also led Nigeria to lose its place to Angola as Africa's biggest oil producer
Since the start of the year, the NDA has carried out a string of devastating attacks on Nigeria's oil pipelines and facilities
A company paid out $15.4 million, according to an Interpol statement
There were nearly 1,500 cases of "pipeline hacking", causing the loss of 109 mn litres of petrol and 560,000 barrels of crude to refineries
The Minister also thanked Indian envoy in Abuja for repatriation of 11 Indians
Among those impacted would be Bajaj Auto, Bharti Airtel and Godrej Consumer
Nigeria's oil production already had reached a 20-year low of less than 1.6 million barrels a day from a projected 2.2 million