FT: Graft and mismanagement claims taint Nigeria oil clean-up
Neil Munshi in Eleme, Nigeria:29 Dec 2019 Local people’s lack of faith is rooted in decades of mistrust in the authorities. In the 1990s, writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa’s Movement for the Survival...
View ArticleUnending controversy over $1.2bn Malabu Oil deal
LATEST OPL 245 NEWS JANUARY 4, 2020 “Shell and Agip again went into a fraudulent agreement with Malabu Oil and Gas, in which the companies will pay a signature bonus of $210m to the Federal Government...
View ArticleAfrica Energy Intelligence – OPL 245: the silent exodus of team in charge of...
Extracts from NIGERIA Africa Energy Intelligence article dated 07/01/2020 As an Italian court continues its probe into the award of Nigeria’s most promising offshore block, all those involved in the...
View ArticleA suitcase full of secrets about oil, sex and bribery by Shell
English translation of an article published by the Dutch news media giant nrc.nl A suitcase full of secrets about oil, sex and bribery by Shell Merijn Rengers Carola Houtekamer 13 Jan 2020 Shell in...
View ArticleVanguard: FG files 42-count charge against Adoke, AGIP, Shell over Malabu oil...
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri: JAN 21, 2020 The Federal Government, on Monday, slammed a fresh 42-count charge against the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed...
View ArticleReuters: Italy tax police search offices of Eni managers in obstruction...
JANUARY 23, 2020 / 10:12 PM MILAN (Reuters) – Italian tax police searched the Milan offices of three managers at Eni (ENI.MI) on Thursday to widen an investigation into suspected obstruction of...
View ArticleFossil fuel industry’s coercive and even violent nature
KROLL | Our Hand in the Resource Curse By Julian Kroll: 29 Jan 2020 When a weakly-democratic regime stumbles upon billions in oil revenue, it’s safe to assume they’ll protect and abuse their power....
View ArticleMalabu oil scam: Nigerian witness fumbles in testimony against Eni in Italy
By Amos ABBA On Jan 29, 2020 AT the ongoing corruption trial of oil conglomerates, Shell & Eni in Milan, Italy the court listened to the testimony of Isaac Eke, a retired Assistant...
View ArticleOilPrice.com: Eni, Shell Catch A Break In Trial Over Alleged Nigeria Oil Bribes
By Tsvetana Paraskova – Jan 29, 2020, 4:00 PM CST A key witness for the prosecution back peddled on Wednesday on previous testimony that he had seen evidence that oil majors Eni and Shell were...
View ArticleReuters: Nigerian court issues warrant for former oil minister in $1.3...
JANUARY 30, 2020 ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former oil minister Dan Etete and two others in relation to a $1.3 billion oil deal scandal. Economic and...
View ArticleThe Royal Treatment of Shell by the Dutch Government?
English translation of an article published by the Dutch newspaper NRC Shell Corruption case: Minister Grapperhaus spoke regularly with the OM about a possible settlement Article on PAGE 7 CORRUPTION...
View Article$1.09bn Malabu Oil deal: FG still pursuing cases in Italy, London
February 1, 2020 By: Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Friday said he did not advise...
View ArticleLatest news on Shell/ENI Malabu OPL 245 Oil Deal: 3 Feb 2020
Malabu deal: Eni officials had support within EFCC under Jonathan, says witness by Femi Owolabi: 03 February 2020 Officials of Eni, an Italian multinational oil and gas company, had support within the...
View ArticleREUTERS: Italian court throws out witness request in Eni Nigeria graft case
A Milan court has rejected a prosecution request to hear testimony from a former legal adviser of Eni who has accused the company of spying on judges… FEBRUARY 5, 2020 MILAN, Feb 5 (Reuters) – A Milan...
View ArticleNigeria: 2020 could be Shell’s year of reckoning
10 February 2020, 00:01 UTC In 2020 Shell will face unprecedented legal scrutiny over decades of human rights abuses in Nigeria, Amnesty International said today, as the oil giant braces itself for...
View Article$350million Ogoni Cleanup Funds Sunk in HYPREP Corruption – MOSOP
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) says the failed Ogoni cleanup exercise under the management of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has received a total of...
View ArticleShell’s OPL 245 Dutch Machinations
Global Investigations Review Dutch bar unfazed by justice minister’s “unusual” contact with Shell prosecutors By James Thomas: 18 February 2020 Dutch lawyers seem relaxed about recent revelations that...
View ArticleReuters: Italian judge puts Nigerian businessman on trial in oil graft case
MILAN, Feb 19 (Reuters) – An Italian judge has ordered a Nigerian businessman to stand trial for alleged international corruption relating to a Nigeria oil graft case involving Eni and Shell, a...
View ArticleMalabu OPL 245 Scandal: Italian judge orders prosecution of Nigerian businessman
Malabu Scandal: Italian judge orders prosecution of Nigerian businessman February 24, 2020: Halimah Yahaya An Italian judge has ordered a controversial businessman, Aliyu Abubakar, to stand trial, for...
View ArticleEnergyVoice.com: Shell spills more oil, flares more gas in Nigeria
Spills in Nigeria for Shell increased to 2,000 tonnes in 2019, from 157 incidents, the company has disclosed in its annual report, up from 1,600 tonnes from 111 incidents in 2018. by Ed Reed:...
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