{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_sfcrbgjdlxa6v3775ila","title":"NNPC Earmarks 186,000bpd of Crude for Loan Repayment as Debt Obligations Top N8trn","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/nnpc-earmarks-186-000bpd-of-crude-for-loan-repayment-as-debt-sfcrbgjdlx","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_sfcrbgjdlxa6v3775ila","seq":1291391,"kind":"article","title":"NNPC Earmarks 186,000bpd of Crude for Loan Repayment as Debt Obligations Top N8trn","url":"https://leadership.ng/nnpc-earmarks-186000bpd-of-crude-for-loan-repayment-as-debt-obligations-top-n8trn","summary":"The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has earmarked more than 186,000 barrels per day of its crude output to repay loans, with outstanding principal on three crude-backed financing deals now above N8 trillion, its 2025 audited financial statements show. The deals are Project Gazelle, Project Leopard and Project Leopard II. Together they raised […]","published":"2026-10-02T07:08:02Z","seen":"2026-10-02T07:49:22Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-leadership-ng-7cf8fd","name":"leadership.ng","domain":"leadership.ng","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q6508643","name":"Leadership","type":"newspaper","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-leadership-ng-7cf8fd","topics":["business"],"authors":["Nse Anthony-Uko"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1671299","name":"Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation","type":"org"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_sfcrbgjdlxa6v3775ila","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.9900000095367432,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.03999999910593033,"political":0.11999999731779099}]}