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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. [...]

Published on 13/10/2015 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Alison-Madueke's taste for luxury upsets Washington

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Some applaud and others lament Madueke’s departure

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Nigeria
The legal headaches start for Alison-Madueke and cronies

In Focus | Nigeria
The ghost of Enron returns to haunt yacht once owned by former oil minister Alison-Madueke's trader pals

Nigeria
After P&ID, Judge Ekwo to hear Rivers/Bayelsa battle for Shell's disputed Soku wells

Spotlight | Nigeria
Aiteo boss Benedict Peters steps up to handle crippling debt

Nigeria
Under pressure in delta, Buhari pushes forward with NLNG train 7

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Shell makes ready to sell OML 25 all over again

Spotlight | Nigeria
Delta State militants change tack to move into oil security

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Alison-Madueke's taste for luxury upsets Washington

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London and Geneva form joint front against Kola Aluko

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OPL 245: ENI acts as if nothing were amiss following court order

Nigeria
Oil companies get their own back on EFCC chief

Spotlight | Nigeria
Others race to take Atlantic Energy’s place with NPDC

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Mystery firm Papis becomes operator on block 1 in the JDZ

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Britannia-U fails to get court to slam Chevron

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NPDC fights for its life on former Shell blocks

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Local oil firms declare war on NPDC

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The lawmaker who wanted to save Alison-Madueke

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Madueke resolves thorny issues at last moment

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Some applaud and others lament Madueke’s departure

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