Nigerian former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is under investigation over allegations of bribery and money laundering, has breast cancer and will undergo surgery in Britain.
Exxon Mobil Corporation said that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, has started oil production ahead of schedule and under budget at the Erha North Phase 2 project offshore Nigeria.
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Emmanuel Kachikwu, said contracts to be awarded by the corporation would henceforth be made public.
Nigeria’s oil firm NNPC had signed a deal with a consortium of local and foreign lenders to develop 36 oil wells that would also boost domestic power generation in Africa’s largest crude producer.