nigeria's oil

The Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, yesterday in Ibadan said the discovery of oil in Nigeria is responsible for the brain drain in the country, adding that the earlier the oil dries up the better. He also said Nigeria was not adequately policed, raising concern over the nation’s...

A member of the Northern Elders Forum, Usman Bugaje has claimed that there is no oil producing state in Nigeria. He said Nigeria is the only oil producing state, adding that no state in the country should lay claim to the natural resources. According to Bugaje who was addressing the elders...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is set to explore for crude oil in the Gulf of Guinea in a bid to increase the country’s reserves. The Group Managing Director of the national oil firm, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said on Thursday that the corporation will also search for crude in other...