by Olusegun Adeniyi How will you deal with Malabu? When I posed that question to the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu last week Wednesday afternoon, I was watching out not only for what he would say but also for how he would say it. I had my reasons. As someone who rose... Read More

Opinion

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April 12, 2017

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Today’s Noisemakers: Henry Okelue, Rotimi Fawole and Soma OJ. [The Malabu oil scandal edition]

Every day, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today: 1. Henry Okelue... Read More

Opinion

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April 12, 2017

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Malabu oil scandal: Nigerians are angry at Goodluck Jonathan, but we’ll all move on by tomorrow

by Adamu Aderinsola We have to give it to this Malabu oil deal for being the longest-standing scandal in Nigeria and every week, new details emerge that give it another interesting twist. Can it ever be solved and will we ever get to see the end of this scandal? We doubt that. Former President Goodluck... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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April 12, 2017

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The Thread: The outrage over the Malabu oil scandal is meaningless

It runs like clockwork: every day on Twitter Nigeria, there’s a trending topic people must necessarily lend their voices to. Similarly, every other week in Nigeria, we are fed revelations of one scandal or another that see the citizenry spitting fire and brimstone on social media. But before you can say, Jack Robinson, it all... Read More

Opinion

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April 12, 2017

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The Thread: “GEJ came to rob Nigeria prepared” “He deserves a Nobel prize for corruption” | Nigerians react to the GEJ- Malabu Oil scandal

News mediums, Foreign Policy and the BBC recently uncovered a major scam involving Shell Oil, Etete and the Goodluck Jonathan administration. According to the report, members of the Jonathan administration received kickbacks for the sale of a Shell oil well. Humongous figures were flung about: 500 billion; 1.3 billion etc. Nigerians are pretty mad about... Read More

Opinion

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March 13, 2017

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Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan agreed to $1.1bn Malabu oil deal – Adoke

by Dolapo Adelana A former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke has written a letter to the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, declaring his innocence in the controversial Malabu oil deal. Two major international oil companies, Shell and Agip were alleged to have bribed Nigerian officials to secure an oil prospecting licence for... Read More

The News Blog

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March 4, 2017

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Powerful families using EFCC against me – Adoke

by Dolapo Adelana A former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has accused powerful interests of using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against him, The Punch reports. Adoke, who has been charged by the EFCC for his alleged role in the $1.1bn Malabu scam alongside 10 others, said this in a statement on Friday.... Read More

The News Blog

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June 20, 2015

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EFCC ‘grills’ former minister Atete over $1 billion deal

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has moved against once-convicted former minister of petroleum, Dan Etete, over the transfer of $1.1 billion made to his ‘company’, Malabu Oil and Gas. Etete was grilled Friday by detectives at the EFCC head office in Abuja. According to Premium Times, anonymous sources in the agency said that... Read More

The News Blog

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January 28, 2015

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I am not witch-hunting anybody – Patience Jonathan answers critics

by Iyobosa Omoregie First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has denied that she’s working against the re-election of Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson. Speaking through her media aide, Ayo Adewuyi, the First Lady reacted to the statement of ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Dan Etete, who reportedly warned Mrs. Jonathan against meddling in the internal politics of the state. At... Read More

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August 15, 2013

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Olusegun Adeniyi: PIB, Malabu and the $1 billion bazaar

by Olusegun Adeniyi While the Malabu controversy remains a business deal gone sour in a sector that is lacking in transparency, the circumstances surrounding a tri-partite transaction involving the Federal Government, Shell/Agip and Malabu Oil and Gas Limited in respect of OPL 245 is what has generated the current furore. Based on a subsisting motion... Read More

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June 14, 2013

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I only got N39 billion from Malabu oil deal – Ex-minister, Dan Etete tells court (Report)

In a desperate attempt to muddle-up facts, convicted felon, Dan Etete, has told a British High Court that he is not the owner of Malabu Oil and Gas and thus not the recipient of the whole $1.1 billion (N173 billion) fraudulently transferred to Malabu by the Goodluck Jonathan administration. The money was paid by oil... Read More

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March 14, 2013

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Of Nigeria’s oil barons and the Petroleum Industry Bill

by Olusegun Adeniyi What is even more unfortunate is that the multinational oil companies who together officially account for 88 percent of Nigeria’s current production figure of 2.4 million barrels of oil per day […] will be laughing at us. Because we are literally fighting among ourselves over what Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has appropriately... Read More

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May 28, 2012

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N155 billion oil bloc saga: Five questions still unanswered

by Stanley Azuakola By now, most Nigerians have heard about the latest scandal brewing in the oil sector. At the centre of the controversy is the juicy Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245. The major actors involved are the Federal Government of Nigeria, Malabu Oil (owned by former Petroleum Minister, Dan Etete), as well as multinationals Shell... Read More

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May 22, 2012

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Court Documents: FG paid disgraced former petroleum minister Dan Etete N155 billion

by Tolu Orekoya The Federal Government of Nigeria might once again be embroiled in a billion dollar scandal. According to a suit filed in US court, the FG paid out $1.1 billion to Malabu Oil, a company owned by disgraced former Minister for Petroleum Dan Etete. Etete who has been convicted for money laundering in France... Read More

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The Thread: “GEJ came to rob Nigeria prepared” “He deserves a Nobel prize for corruption” | Nigerians react to the GEJ- Malabu Oil scandal

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N155 billion oil bloc saga: Five questions still unanswered

Court Documents: FG paid disgraced former petroleum minister Dan Etete N155 billion

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