Africa: Does Nigeria's Kaduna State Have More Gold Than South Africa?

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The governor of Kaduna state in Nigeria, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, told potential investors that the state has "all the data" to prove that it has more gold than South Africa. Where is it? Africa Check went looking.

From his time as head of the country's anti-corruption agency, and as a minister in the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has not been one to shy away from speaking his mind.

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