1958Event
First Nigerian oil exports begin
Commercial production and export followed the Oloibiri discovery, placing petroleum inside Nigeria's late-colonial economy.
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1958
First Nigerian oil exports begin
Commercial production and export followed the Oloibiri discovery, placing petroleum inside Nigeria's late-colonial economy.
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Commercial production and export followed the Oloibiri discovery, placing petroleum inside Nigeria's late-colonial economy. Oil was still small compared with agriculture but strategically important.
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