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Except when oil prices are low, Nigeria generally earns more from exports than it spends on imports. Other important exports include cocoa, rubber, and palm products. The main imports are machinery, chemicals and refined petroleum products, motor vehicles, manufactured consumer goods, and food. The leading trade partners are Great Britain, the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, and France.
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Today, CEDPA/Nigeria’s Better Life Options program works with girls, boys and their parents in Akwa Ibom State to breakdown gender stereotypes and increase support for girls’ education. The program ... provides practical life skills education such as literacy and vocational training, family life education and leadership training to increase self-esteem, confidence and self-worth.
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Nigeria has been independent from Britain since 1960, and its independent history has been marked by bloodshed and instability. An ill-fated separatist movement established the secessionist state of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria from 1967 to 1970.
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Nigeria maintains an embassy in the United States at 3519 International Place, NW, Washington, DC 20008, (phone. 202-986-8400, fax-202-362-6552) and a consulate general in New York at 575 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022, (phone. 212-715-7200).
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The company began marketing petroleum products in Nigeria in 1913. Though brand names may have changed over time, Chevron has continued to market quality products through service stations, terminals, kiosks and ventured into the aviation and bunkering segments as well. Over the years, the company has ... become a leading producer of quality lubricants, greases, petroleum jelly and plastic containers.
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Today Chevron has the largest acreage position in deepwater offshore Nigeria and owns and operates more than 300 Texaco-branded service stations, blending and manufacturing facilities and marketing activities. CNL is expanding rapidly and investing significant capital to drive long-term production growth in Deepwater and Gas, as well as other base businesses. At the same time, Chevron is committed to actively promoting a safe and healthy environment.
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