NIGERIA AFFIRMS READINESS TO MEET NORTH SEA COMPETITION 

Nigeria's Petroleum Resources Minister, Professor Tam David-West said in Geneva on 7 December that he would meet the threat posed to Nigerian crude by North Sea oil "barrel by barrel and cent by cent." Talking to newsmen, Professor David-West said Nigeria had made enough sacrifices to promote the ideals of OPEC, and that he could no longer ignore the fact that his country has the problem of feeding and taking care...