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World Service,31 Oct 2004,22 mins
Nigeria – under new management?
Profit and Loss: The Story of African OilAvailable for over a year
Africa's biggest oil producer has been plagued by waste, corruption and debt. So, despite oil sales of more than two million barrels a day, living standards for ordinary Nigerians have been declining steadily. What has been the malign influence of its oil wealth – and how a new generation of politicians is working to change this.
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