Brass River Brass River The Brass River is one of the branches of the Nun River, which in turn is a branch of the Niger River, in the Niger Delta in Nigeria. In the 19th century the river was an important trading route, first for slaves and later for palm oil. Brass River Crude Oil is named for a refinery on the river. The name "Brass" is European, said to have been given to the Nembe coastal villages because they traded for brass pans and neptunes to use for salt boiling. The "Brass Ijo" were all the Ijaw people from Cape Formosa
Nigerian Export-Import Bank Nigerian Export-Import Bank The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) is an export credit agency in Nigeria, established in 1991. The bank was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria with Act 38 of 1991 to replace the Nigerian Export Credit Guarantee & Insurance Corporation. It provides export credit guarantees and export credit insurance for exports of Nigerian commodities and services within and outside West Africa. In 2014 it had a capacity of $39.5 billion in credit and securities for Nigeria's non-oil exports. Bashir Mahe Wali is the Acting. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Bank; he was appointed in February 2016