Nigeria, the biggest producer of crude oil in Africa, has declared plans to boost its current output from 1.8 million barrels per day to three million barrels per day by 2025. The nation produced about 1.4 million barrels of oil in 2023, but this year's production reached 1.8 million due to persistent military action against oil theft, pipeline destruction, and the crackdown on illegal refineries. Nigeria launched the second phase of Operation Delta Sanity II (OPDS II) in Port Harcourt on Monday in an attempt to meet its goal.   Speaking during the introduction, Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), stated that the Nigerian Navy had moved forward with the second phase of the OPDS since the first phase, which was introduced on January 10, had helped to enhance production figures. Nigeria produced just one million barrels of crude oil per day in August 2023. At the…

For a cool 1.5 million dollars, a Coca-Cola employee offered Pepsi corporate secrets. Coca-Cola was notified by Pepsi in response. Joya Williams and her accomplice Ibrahim Dimson were high-ranking Coca-Cola employees who had access to several documents concerning the company's products and upcoming initiatives. Williams and Dimson then approached Pepsi, putting up a $1.5 million deal to sell all of the executive secrets. Regretfully, Pepsi executives informed Coca-Cola and the FBI about Williams and Dimson. Then undercover officers from the FBI dressed as Pepsi executives were sent. These undercover FBI operatives used a portion of the $1.5 million required to entice Williams and Dimson, who were then coerced into turning over the documents and the chemical vial. Dimson and Williams were apprehended with crimson hands.   The FBI proved their case in court by presenting the secrets and the proof of payment. Williams received an eight-year jail sentence in 2007…

An agreement on a gas pipeline for the Gulf of Guinea has been signed by Presidents Bola Tinubu and Teodoro Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea. The agreement on the Gulf of Guinea gas pipeline project was signed on Wednesday, according to a statement released on Thursday by the president's spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale. According to Ngelale, the deal strengthens the two countries' cooperation for development. Ngelale claims that the agreement addressed general principles, ownership of the gas pipeline, establishment and operation of the pipeline, and legislative and regulatory procedures about the gas pipeline.   During his speech, Tinubu stated that the agreement's signature would create new jobs and chances for gas development. In a private meeting that took place before the agreement's signature, the president stated that the two leaders talked about matters about the continent's conflict resolution mechanisms, food security, employment development, and multilateral ties. "Conflicts and their settlement were discussed…