Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

Scroll through edition

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Nigeria

Local juniors first in line to pick up Afren's assets

Working quickly to liquidate its assets, Afren is already in advanced talks with several Nigerian companies.

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

M.K. Baru could well take over top job at NNPC

Appointed a few weeks ago as executive director of NNPC in charge of exploration and production, M. K. Baru is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

Panoro Energy prospecting in Gulf of Guinea

With a healthy $33 million in its coffers at the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

Some breathing space for African Petroleum

Thanks to $2 million it raised from its shareholders, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

The Wagner Firm fights Vaalco's management on behalf of shareholders

Deeming that Vaalco Energy Inc’s board had acted in cavalier [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

Spotlight
Why La Mancha steered clear of Randgold

With consolidation very much the watchword in West Africa's gold sector, the Ity mine in Ivory Coast has ended up in the portfolio of Endeavour Mining. Here's the reason. Once its partnership with La Mancha comes into effect on Nov. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2015

Railway loop issue: New advisers for Africarail

Yves Baratte, a mining specialist from Simmons & Simmons, is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2015

Sall rejects Obasanjo offer

Macky Sall recently declined an offer from Olusegun Obasanjo to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.10.2015

Buhari snubs Ouattara

Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari has apparently not forgotten that Ivorian [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.10.2015

The powers behind Buhari's oil throne

Nigeria’s new president is seeking to bring in close associates to manage and overhaul a sector he intends to keep under his control, at least initially.

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

The legal headaches start for Alison-Madueke and cronies

President Goodluck Jonathan’s former petroleum resources minister is being targeted by a legal action in Britain. Her Nigerian friends are biting their fingernails.

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

Equity giant KKR has designs on Nigerian oil

In deciding to invest $100 million in the coming year in Africa and choosing Nigeria to host its first African [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

Frank Timis’ sprawling empire shaken to the core

With a newly-named chief executive, African Petroleum hopes to fight its way back while taking its distance from its all-too-known founder, Frank Timis.

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

African crude to lighten Venezuela's heavy oil

Finding it hard to export its heavy oil, Venezuela’s national [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

Mercuria Energy pushes ahead following Nigeria break-through

In selling a 17% stake in its business to the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2015

Peter Finan, a French-speaker for DLA Piper in Perth

The Australian firm Minemakers, which has just finalized the acquisition [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.10.2015

Hard slog ahead for Total's new chief in Abuja

Although Total’s new boss in Abuja, Nicolas Terraz, has worked for the group for years - he started in 2001 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

NNPC seeks to restore its credibility with JV partners

The new boss of NNPC has sworn to make every effort to finance the company’s share in its joint venture with Chevron.

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

New race for governorship of oil-rich Bayelsa state

Who’s likely to become governor of the oil-rich Bayelsa state [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Sirius Petroleum puts its money on Ororo

The arrival of Alan Stein and Jonathan Taylor from Havoc [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Chevron picks its man at NNPC

Barely had NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) announced it was [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Boko Haram intelligence-sharing

On September 14-16, a few days before Nigerian leader Muhammadu [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2015

Maurel & Prom gets a boost from MPI takeover

In acquiring the Nigerian firm MPI, Maurel & Prom has improved its financial posture and extended its operational potential.

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.2015

Stripped of swap contracts, Sahara Group needs fresh cash

In order to acquire new acreage in Nigeria and boost its production, Sahara Group plans to list on the London [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.2015

Paul Boroh, Buhari's new point man in the Niger Delta

Leaving his post when former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan was defeated in late May, Kingsley Kuku, his adviser on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.2015

Create a notification

Nigeria

Picto Synthese

Don't miss a single headline. Sign up to receive weekly summaries of our coverage of Nigeria.

Sign up for real-time alerts and be notified of new editions!

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!