NEPC Blames Dwindling Agriculture on Primitive Practices
NIGERIA - The Acting Executive Director of the NEPC (Nigeria Export Promotion Council), Aliu Mohammed Lawal has placed blame on the declining fortune of the Nigerian agricultural sector...

Nigeria Uses Jatropha as a Source of Biofuels
NIGERIA - A short and hardy tree that Nigerians have used for centuries to demarcate farmland could be the way forward for biofuels, the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) said Wednesday,...

Northern Nigeria's Future in the Biofuels Market
NIGERIA - Though Nigeria is the sixth largest producer of fossil fuel, with huge financial resources accruing from its sales, yet the oil has failed to solve many of its problems, writes...

Cassava-based ethanol could save Nigeria up to $6.1 billion by 2012
NIGERIA - Africa's largest oil producer and OPEC member Nigeria is becoming increasingly interested in biofuels to meet its growing demand for fuels and to provide employment to its...