Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Nigeria

Is it game over for ExxonMobil's $1.3bn deal with Seplat?

ExxonMobil has given itself until the end of November to conclude the sale of its 40% stake in shallow offshore blocks OML 67, 68, 70 and 104 to junior Seplat. #Nigeria

Subscribers only Energy 05.10.2022

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

The Economic Community of West African States' decision to impose sanctions on Guinea's junta was the result of a fragile consensus and is far from being unanimously backed by its member countries.

Subscribers only Politics Running story - Transition in Guinea 03.10.2022

Nigeria wins round in battle against P&ID shareholder

In mid-September, the court of the Southern District of New York granted Nigeria's request for discovery over VR Advisory Services.

Subscribers only Energy 26.09.2022

Spotlight
Inside the EU's new security lab

The European Union is drawing up the contours of a new programme to boost the armies of the countries of the Sahel and Gulf of Guinea. Already widely used to support Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion, the European Peace Facility must be at the center of this new West African strategy.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 21.09.2022

In Focus
The all-powerful Niger Delta leaders at the heart of the country's oil and political crises

Members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) armed group, September 2008. © Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 19.09.2022

Brown Rudnick recruits African energy specialist James Douglass

The law firm has brought in a specialist in financing and energy contracts with ready access to a flourishing network across West and Southern Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 16.09.2022

Equinor's elite women's squadron in Africa

Within the game of top level musical chairs at Equinor, a new general manager was appointed in Angola to replace Nina Koch, who has taken the helm of the group's Africa operations.

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2022

Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

The discord between the presidency and the regulator NURPC has led to the deal between US major ExxonMobil and Nigerian junior Seplat reaching an impasse, and the chances of resolving it are getting smaller each day.

Subscribers only Energy 08.09.2022

Disputes still hound Nigeria's relations with ENI and Shell

Nigerian oil company NNPC has managed to settle the lawsuits filed against it in the United States by trading them for block extensions. But the West African giant has not seen the back of its arbitration proceedings involving ENI and Shell yet.

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2022

Washington stalls over gunships as Turkey's TAI claims victory and Leonardo gets busy

Washington, which in April approved the potential sale of twelve Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Nigeria, is struggling to finalise this contract, which takes the form of a Foreign Military Sale (FMS).

Subscribers only Defence 01.09.2022

In Focus
High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

Businessmen in Senegal and Ivory Coast are dreaming of building luxury resorts on sites abandoned by the French operator Club Med. But Covid has hit the tourism sector hard.

Subscribers only Business 29.08.2022

Archive photo of the Club Med Amun hotel in Aswan, Egypt.

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

The appointment of UN-mandated expert panels is being increasingly hotly debated in New York. On one side are the P3 members of the US, France and UK, and on the other the P2 of Russia and China.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.08.2022

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

Although he has been president of the Economic Community of West African States since July, Umaro Sissoco Embaló will not host the next summit of the regional organisation in Guinea-Bissau.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.08.2022

Ex-Glencore Anthony Stimler's sentencing control date pushed to 2023

The sentencing control date of Anthony Stimler, who led the West Africa department of Swiss trader Glencore from 2002 to 2009, then again between 2011 and 2019, has been postponed for another six months.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 16.08.2022

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his ex-minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to brief the new defence minister Sébastien Lecornu and the new foreign minister Catherine Colonna on African issues.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.07.2022

Inner circles
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

The Organisation of African First Ladies, originally launched to fight AIDS, planned in 2019 to add development to its remit. But Covid-19 put a stop to that project. Its new president, the Namibian first lady Monica Geingos, is now hoping to find new impetus, as another organisation led by Nigeria's Aisha Buhari is trying to compete with it.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.07.2022

The Congolese first lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso.

Spotlight
ExxonMobil brings in new sales director to save Seplat deal

Following a legal setback in early July in its efforts to offload its shallow offshore sites in Nigeria, the US major ExxonMobil is reshuffling its management team.

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2022

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings

The fledgling company found by a pool of military veterans and Africa experts is hoping to provide solutions to the shortage of wide-body cargo planes caused by the war in Ukraine. It is exploring several options, including a highly hypothetical plan to refit certain US military aircraft for civilian use.

Free access Defence 18.07.2022

Create a notification

Nigeria

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

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!

Nigeria

Is it game over for ExxonMobil's $1.3bn deal with Seplat?

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

Nigeria wins round in battle against P&ID shareholder

Spotlight
Inside the EU's new security lab

In Focus
The all-powerful Niger Delta leaders at the heart of the country's oil and political crises

Brown Rudnick recruits African energy specialist James Douglass

Equinor's elite women's squadron in Africa

Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

Disputes still hound Nigeria's relations with ENI and Shell

Washington stalls over gunships as Turkey's TAI claims victory and Leonardo gets busy

In Focus
High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

Ex-Glencore Anthony Stimler's sentencing control date pushed to 2023

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Inner circles
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

Spotlight
ExxonMobil brings in new sales director to save Seplat deal

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings

Safran deploys to Abuja in hope of stealing a march on Turkish and Chinese rivals

Local magnates hopeful as BW Offshore puts Nigerian FPSOs up for sale

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

With its NOPL pipeline still shut down, TotalEnergies looks for alternative solutions

Inner circles
Buhari's NNPC board appointees a boon for Tinubu's presidential bid

OPEC secretary general Barkindo's death deprives Buhari of a crucial ally

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

Donald Trump

Musalia Mudavadi

ExxonMobil

Mamadi Doumbouya

Mahamadou Bonkoungou

Nigeria

Is it game over for ExxonMobil's $1.3bn deal with Seplat?

ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

Nigeria wins round in battle against P&ID shareholder

Spotlight Inside the EU's new security lab

In Focus The all-powerful Niger Delta leaders at the heart of the country's oil and political crises

Brown Rudnick recruits African energy specialist James Douglass

Equinor's elite women's squadron in Africa

Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

Disputes still hound Nigeria's relations with ENI and Shell

Washington stalls over gunships as Turkey's TAI claims victory and Leonardo gets busy

In Focus High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

Ex-Glencore Anthony Stimler's sentencing control date pushed to 2023

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Inner circles Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

Spotlight ExxonMobil brings in new sales director to save Seplat deal

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings

Safran deploys to Abuja in hope of stealing a march on Turkish and Chinese rivals

Local magnates hopeful as BW Offshore puts Nigerian FPSOs up for sale

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

With its NOPL pipeline still shut down, TotalEnergies looks for alternative solutions

Inner circles Buhari's NNPC board appointees a boon for Tinubu's presidential bid

OPEC secretary general Barkindo's death deprives Buhari of a crucial ally

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Spotlight
Inside the EU's new security lab

In Focus
The all-powerful Niger Delta leaders at the heart of the country's oil and political crises

In Focus
High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

Inner circles
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

Spotlight
ExxonMobil brings in new sales director to save Seplat deal

Inner circles
Buhari's NNPC board appointees a boon for Tinubu's presidential bid