Are Nigeria’s illegal oil refineries killing people?
"Nigeria’s illegal oil refineries keep killing people". Quartz. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
How did oil exploitation affect Nigeria’s Economic Development?
The most dramatic event having a long-term effect on Nigeria’s economic development was the discovery and exploitation of petroleum deposits. The search for oil, begun in 1908 and abandoned a few years later, was revived in 1937 by Shell and British Petroleum.
Which agricultural exports are still standing tall in Nigeria?
"Among the six major agricultural exports of the pre-petroleum exporting years (cocoa, palm oil, palm kernel, rubber, groundnuts and cotton), cocoa is the one still standing tall in terms of non-oil exports," [Professor Adegboyega Oguntade] said.
How many oil fields does Nigeria have?
Nigeria has a total of 159 oil fields and 1,481 wells in operation according to the Department of Petroleum Resources. [ 180 ] The most productive region of the nation is the coastal Niger Delta Basin in the Niger Delta or "south-south" region which encompasses 78 of the 159 oil fields.