{"id":87239,"date":"2021-10-20T06:43:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T05:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=87239"},"modified":"2021-10-20T06:43:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T05:43:06","slug":"nnpc-warns-public-over-fake-50th-anniversary-quiz-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/nnpc-warns-public-over-fake-50th-anniversary-quiz-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"NNPC Warns Public Over Fake 50th Anniversary Quiz Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1714114565739132856\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation\u00a0 (NNPC) has disowned a fake quiz competition trending online which claimed to celebrate its 50th anniversary.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nThe Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Malam Garba Muhammad, made this known in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the purported quiz contest, unsuspecting participants are encouraged to answer four questions on their knowledge of the Corporation, with the eventual winner standing the chance of winning some cash reward of up to N30,000,\u201d he alerted.<\/p>\n<p>According to Muhammad, the NNPC wishes to state categorically that it has nothing to do with the purported 50th anniversary quiz contest.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-1123195475749915523ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation\u00a0 (NNPC) has disowned a fake quiz competition trending online which claimed to celebrate its 50th anniversary. 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