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 +Dangote is bigger than any other refinery in Europe or Africa and has been touted as a way for Nigeria — long reliant on imports of gasoline — to become less dependent on foreign supplies.((https://archive.ph/3eoPV#selection-4855.0-4866.0))
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 +Years of insecurity and recent flooding in the country’s north central region, which is the nation’s main food producing areas, have reduced farming activities, leading to a sharp rise in prices.
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 +Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, imports almost all its refined fuel due to inadequate refining capacity and neglect of existing refineries.
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 +Nigeria, West Africa's largest economy, notoriously loses as much as 400,000 b/d of crude to oil theft, with some volumes smuggled out of the country, according to analysts.((https://archive.ph/rGWCS#selection-2103.0-2103.173))
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 +Carved from forested hills by excavators and explosives, Nigeria’s only industrial gold mine yielded 98,000 ounces of the precious metal last year — a key step in the efforts of Africa’s biggest crude producer to pivot away from oil.