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Over 80 million Nigerian Data Records Leak on Dark Web
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 US Dollar United States | 1 |
 Euro European Union | 0.8619 |
 British Pound United Kingdom | 0.7445 |
 Nigerian Naira Nigeria | 1,371.52 |
 Japanese Yen Japan | 159.2097 |
 Brazilian Real Brazil | 5.0258 |
 UAE Dirham UAE | 3.6725 |
 Canadian Dollar Canada | 1.382 |
 Chinese Yuan (offshore) China | 6.7986 |
 Russian Ruble Russia | 71.6394 |
 South African Rand South Africa | 16.4697 |
| US Dollar United States | 1 |
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