Nigeria-Russia: To sign Industrial, Oil, Military agreement

Nigeria and Russia have agreed to cooperate on industrial, economic and military activities. The Russian president Mr. Dmitry Medvedev visits Nigeria for the first time to hold talks of possible Nuclear energy, Oil and military cooperation.

According to Russia

…Nigerian presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi believes there is much to gain from closer ties with Russia given its oil and gas industry. A nuclear energy cooperation accord will be signed on Wednesday, 23 June, 2009, and a joint venture between Russian oil and gas giant Gasprom and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will also be signed during the one day visit.

Afrik.com