Iran has agreed to share nuclear technology with Nigeria to help it increase its generation of electricity, the BBC reports on its Web site Friday and cites a senior Nigerian Foreign Ministry official, Tijjani Kaura, as saying the technology wasn't intended for any military use.
The agreement was announced after a four-day meeting between Iranian and Nigerian officials in Abuja.
Details of the deal weren't announced, so it is unclear what technology Iran would provide to Nigeria, which suffers severe power shortages despite being Africa's biggest petroleum producer, the BBC notes.