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Buhari makes Diezani affair star investigator head of anti-graft body

A specialist in oil investigations is to take the helm of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Abdulrasheed Bawa oversaw the ill-gotten gains investigation into former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. [...]

Published on 05/03/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abdulrasheed Bawa
Adamu Maula
Aiteo
Atlantic Energy
BCL Solicitors
Benedict Peters
Central Bank of Nigeria
Diezani Alison-Madueke
Downstream Energy Resources
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Emmanuel Morah
George Ogbonna
Goodluck Jonathan
Ibrahim Magu
Jide Omokore
John Binns
Kola Aluko
Muhammadu Buhari
Nadabo Energy
NNPC
NPDC
Olusegun Obasanjo
Ontario
Petroleum Support Fund
Rocky Energy
Sanusi Lamido
Seidu Atteh
Shell

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AFC, Ecobank and Shell loan for OML 29, a $2bn thorn in Aiteo's side

The Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters' Aiteo is being hounded by its creditors wanting payment on a massive loan it took out in 2014 to purchase OML 29. All attempts at an amicable settlement have failed after many lengthy delays, mostly due to the pandemic.

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Spotlight | Nigeria
Buhari gives key E&P job to Alison-Madueke loyalist

The restructuring of Nigeria's oil institutions, currently in progress, has led to the return of a number of leading figures from the Goodluck Jonathan era. Among them is retired NNPC executive Gbenga Komolafe, who was at his post when Diezani Alison-Madueke was petroleum resources minister.

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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari signs Petroleum Industry Bill into law at the state house in Abuja.

Inner circles | Nigeria
Who are Nigeria's new military top brass after Buhari purge?

President Buhari has put an entirely new team at the helm of the Nigerian military. Both public opinion and the military itself have welcomed the overhaul, while national security adviser Babagana Monguno has kept his job and could even consolidate his influence.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 12.03.2021

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari with the new army heads on 26 January.

Nigeria, United States
Washington to take over Madueke clan's $20m villa after judge rejects Sarbonne Estate's claim

US Judge Keith Ellison decided late November that Sarbonne Estate cannot block the Department of Justice's seizure of Nigerian national Kola Aluko's villa.

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2020

Nigeria
US sharpens defence to free Madueke clan villa from Sarbonne Estate's clutches

A real estate company is trying to stop the DoJ from seizing a luxury Californian villa that had belonged to Nigerian trader Kola Aluko but Washington won't let the asset slip from its hands so easily.

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2020

Nigeria, United States
US property company challenges DoJ's right to seize Madueke clan villa in Los Angeles

An American property company claims to be the owner of the $20-25m villa which it says was made over to it in settlement of a debt by Nigerian trader Kola Aluko, who is currently in the sights of the American judicial authorities.

Subscribers only Energy 13.10.2020

Nigeria
Having seized superyacht, Washington set sights on Madueke clan's $25m California mansion

A court in Texas will soon rule on the DOJ's request to seize an opulent LA property owned by Nigerian trader Kola Aluko which Washington contends was bought to launder ill-gotten gains from the Nigerian state.

Subscribers only Energy 04.09.2020

Nigeria
Madueke clan's super-yacht escapes Enron-offshoot's grasp

A Texan court has rejected a bid by the Cayman Island-domiciled Enron subsidiary to get it hands on $22m from the judicial sale of the the Galactica Star. After long being at odds over the saga, Washington and Abuja have reached an accommodation.

Subscribers only Energy 01.06.2020

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

The Galactica Star super-yacht was a symbol of the excesses of former Nigerian oil minister Alison-Madueke, who Nigeria is trying to have extradited from London. It is now at the heart of a battle between Washington, Abuja and a surprise ghost from the past, former Enron group subsidiary Enron Nigeria Power Holdings.

Subscribers only Energy 11.05.2020

The Galactica Star. The proceeds of the yacht's sale are claimed by Nigeria, the US and former Enron men.

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Adamu Maula
Aiteo
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BCL Solicitors
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Central Bank of Nigeria
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Downstream Energy Resources
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Emmanuel Morah
George Ogbonna
Goodluck Jonathan
Ibrahim Magu
Jide Omokore
John Binns
Kola Aluko
Muhammadu Buhari
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NPDC
Olusegun Obasanjo
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Nigeria US sharpens defence to free Madueke clan villa from Sarbonne Estate's clutches

Nigeria, United States US property company challenges DoJ's right to seize Madueke clan villa in Los Angeles

Nigeria Having seized superyacht, Washington set sights on Madueke clan's $25m California mansion

Nigeria Madueke clan's super-yacht escapes Enron-offshoot's grasp

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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
Buhari makes Diezani affair star investigator head of anti-graft body

Nigeria
AFC, Ecobank and Shell loan for OML 29, a $2bn thorn in Aiteo's side

Spotlight | Nigeria
Buhari gives key E&P job to Alison-Madueke loyalist

Inner circles | Nigeria
Who are Nigeria's new military top brass after Buhari purge?

Nigeria, United States
Washington to take over Madueke clan's $20m villa after judge rejects Sarbonne Estate's claim

Nigeria
US sharpens defence to free Madueke clan villa from Sarbonne Estate's clutches

Nigeria, United States
US property company challenges DoJ's right to seize Madueke clan villa in Los Angeles

Nigeria
Having seized superyacht, Washington set sights on Madueke clan's $25m California mansion

Nigeria
Madueke clan's super-yacht escapes Enron-offshoot's grasp

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