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Marginal asset sales: ExxonMobil reshuffles its Lagos management team

The US major has appointed a number of new executives to take charge of the sale of its unwanted fields to Nigerian operators.

Subscribers only Energy 28.09.2020

Marginal fields: signature bonus bonanza eludes Abuja

The Department of Petroleum Resources was counting on $520m from the sale of 52 deposits previously operated by the majors.

Subscribers only Energy 25.09.2020

Berlusconi family lawyer defends Nigerian state against ENI and Shell in Malabu trial

Italian lawyer Lucio Lucia, who is acting for the Nigerian state in the trial of the parties involved in the Malabu oil scandal, has brought out the big guns before the Milan court hearing the case.

Subscribers only Energy 16.09.2020

Axa, AIG and BDM to be asked to pay up over alleged bait-and-switch tin fraud

Basem El Ali plans to ask his insurers to reimburse trading firm Traxys over an alleged $11m scam by his company Sodexmines, in which junk was swapped for a tin consignment.

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2020

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

In a press release both vague and ambitious, Kariya Energy announced in early September that it would soon acquire several assets in Africa and that it planned to go into the market for small-scale liquefied natual gas projects.

Subscribers only Energy 14.09.2020

Nigeria aims to start supplying baryte to Ghanaian and South African oil industries by 2021

The Nigerian mines ministry is working on a strategy to start mining and exporting baryte, a mineral used to protect oil and gas exploration wells in countries where the oil industry is less developed than its own.

Subscribers only Mining 09.09.2020

Investment company Black Rhino returns to the fray without Blackstone

After a string of failures in Africa, Black Rhino, a former subsidiary of investment colossus Blackstone, is back on track thanks to plans to create an oil free zone in its favourite country, Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 08.09.2020

Relyant hastily sets up provisional base for NAF's future A-29 combat aircraft

The Pentagon has hired an American firm to carry out emergency upgrades to the Kainji military base in northern Nigeria for it to be ready for the Super Tucano planes offered to the Nigerian Air Force and due to arrive in April.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 08.09.2020

Macau's Chow dynasty plans to reduce spending on its giant Cape Verde casino project

The Covid pandemic has forced Macau Legend, the casino group headed by Macau business magnate David Chow and his family, to reduce the scale of its development plans in West Africa.

Subscribers only Business 07.09.2020

SecPro Africa dives deeper into maritime security with Italian surveillance camera sales

By equipping major local customers with maritime surveillance cameras, SecPro Africa is asserting itself as an increasingly important player at the heart of Nigeria's highly competitive defence market.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 04.09.2020

Monaco Resources converts auditor into CFO to boost finance repute

Monaco Resources has asked one of its auditors from Baker Tilly to become its first ever group CFO.

Subscribers only Business 04.09.2020

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

Nasarawa State governor promotes his security record to attract mining companies

The state of Nasarawa, Nigeria's largest source of mineral resources, is trying to counter media coverage of violence in northern Nigeria by drawing attention to the reforms it has made to protect against it. It hopes in this way to attract foreign investment to the state.

Subscribers only Mining 01.09.2020

Finance tycoon Tony Elumelu seeks funds for his personal holding company

Best known as the chairman of the Nigerian giant United Bank for Africa, Elumelu also presides over his family holding company Heirs. Active in the fields of finance, oil and real estate, it has been seeking financing for its hotels since July.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 27.08.2020

Tony Elumelu, the chairman of the Nigerian banking giant United Bank for Africa.

ExxonMobil and Shell still chasing $2.5bn from NNPC for OML 133

Though rebutted by a New York court a year ago, ExxonMobil and Shell have not given up on their crusade to have enforced an arbitration award that ordered NNPC to repay them more than $2.5bn.

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2020

In Focus
Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

After eight years of coaxing, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has concluded a major military and economic agreement with Niger - to France's great chagrin.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 24.08.2020

Turkish Ambassador to Niger Mustafa Türker Ari with President Mahamadou Issoufou, in February 2020.

London court rejects bid by Traxys to sue Sodexmines over alleged tin scam

The High Court of Justice in London agreed with the defendant, the owner of 3T trader Sodexmines, that it lacked jurisdiction to rule on plaintiff Traxys's allegation that it fraudulently swapped a shipment of tin with a worthless product.

Subscribers only Mining 24.08.2020

Covid-19 pandemic deprives Nigerian navy of Damen patrol boats

Busy flexing its muscles since late July with maritime security operation Okun Alafia II, the Nigerian Navy's counter-piracy efforts are still short of two patrol boats stuck in Vietnam because of complications linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 24.08.2020

A FCS 408 patrol boat built by Damen Song Cam Shipyard.

Previously convicted for aluminium foundry mismanagement, Monaco Resources co-founder now has eye on Alteo refinery

Among the potential buyers for the Alteo alumina refinery in Marseilles, currently in administration, is Monaco Resources, whose founder Axel Fischer was previously convicted in Germany for mismanagement of an aluminium factory.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 20.08.2020

Vox Royalty seeks to consolidate in Africa thanks to Thor gold

Having already purchased royalties to boost a graphite mining project in Madagascar, Vox Royalty is now seeking to do the same with gold in Nigeria.

Subscribers only Mining 19.08.2020

Antonio Guterres chooses new United Nations "West Africa" boss

The United Nations Department of Political Affairs has found a successor to fill the shoes of the current head of UNOWAS, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, ahead of his imminent departure.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.08.2020

Ghanaian diplomat Mohamed Ibn Chambas, head the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel, UNOWAS.

How Buhari managed to make peace with Delta king and ex-MEND leader Tompolo

The most powerful of the militant delta campaigners and bête noire of the oil companies and the authorities in Abuja recently struck a deal with the Buhari government to avoid a resurgence in the vandalising of oil facilities.

Subscribers only Energy 18.08.2020

Tompolo, then MEND leader, in 2009, with Nigerian President Umaru Yar'adua, accepting amnesty.

Apogee-SSU to continue training west African pilots

The US Department of State has renewed the contract of the American service provider Apogee-SSU Joint Venture to train the Cessna C-208B crews of the Cameroonian, Nigerien and Chadian air forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 18.08.2020

The three guises of Fidelis Oditah, ENI, NNPC and Lekoil's favourite lawyer

The businessman, consultant and lawyer Fidelis Oditah has been involved in most of the major oil-related court cases in Nigeria over the last decade.

Subscribers only Energy 17.08.2020

Nigerian lawyer and businessman Fidelis Oditah.

In Focus
Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

After having had the spotlight turned on his confidential online political marketing activities by American think-tank Atlantic Council last month, Franco-Tunisian communications adviser Lotfi Bel Hadj has already moved on. Last month, he signed PR and lobbying contracts with the Togolese presidency.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 27.07.2020

Franco-Tunisian publicist Lotfi Bel Hadj.

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Nigeria

Marginal asset sales: ExxonMobil reshuffles its Lagos management team

Marginal fields: signature bonus bonanza eludes Abuja

Berlusconi family lawyer defends Nigerian state against ENI and Shell in Malabu trial

Axa, AIG and BDM to be asked to pay up over alleged bait-and-switch tin fraud

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

Nigeria aims to start supplying baryte to Ghanaian and South African oil industries by 2021

Investment company Black Rhino returns to the fray without Blackstone

Relyant hastily sets up provisional base for NAF's future A-29 combat aircraft

Macau's Chow dynasty plans to reduce spending on its giant Cape Verde casino project

SecPro Africa dives deeper into maritime security with Italian surveillance camera sales

Monaco Resources converts auditor into CFO to boost finance repute

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

Nasarawa State governor promotes his security record to attract mining companies

Finance tycoon Tony Elumelu seeks funds for his personal holding company

ExxonMobil and Shell still chasing $2.5bn from NNPC for OML 133

In Focus
Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

London court rejects bid by Traxys to sue Sodexmines over alleged tin scam

Covid-19 pandemic deprives Nigerian navy of Damen patrol boats

Previously convicted for aluminium foundry mismanagement, Monaco Resources co-founder now has eye on Alteo refinery

Vox Royalty seeks to consolidate in Africa thanks to Thor gold

Antonio Guterres chooses new United Nations "West Africa" boss

How Buhari managed to make peace with Delta king and ex-MEND leader Tompolo

Apogee-SSU to continue training west African pilots

The three guises of Fidelis Oditah, ENI, NNPC and Lekoil's favourite lawyer

In Focus
Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

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Nigeria

Marginal asset sales: ExxonMobil reshuffles its Lagos management team

Marginal fields: signature bonus bonanza eludes Abuja

Berlusconi family lawyer defends Nigerian state against ENI and Shell in Malabu trial

Axa, AIG and BDM to be asked to pay up over alleged bait-and-switch tin fraud

Ex-Shell man plans to explore Africa's marginal fields with the mysterious Kariya Energy

Nigeria aims to start supplying baryte to Ghanaian and South African oil industries by 2021

Investment company Black Rhino returns to the fray without Blackstone

Relyant hastily sets up provisional base for NAF's future A-29 combat aircraft

Macau's Chow dynasty plans to reduce spending on its giant Cape Verde casino project

SecPro Africa dives deeper into maritime security with Italian surveillance camera sales

Monaco Resources converts auditor into CFO to boost finance repute

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

Nasarawa State governor promotes his security record to attract mining companies

Finance tycoon Tony Elumelu seeks funds for his personal holding company

ExxonMobil and Shell still chasing $2.5bn from NNPC for OML 133

In Focus Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

London court rejects bid by Traxys to sue Sodexmines over alleged tin scam

Covid-19 pandemic deprives Nigerian navy of Damen patrol boats

Previously convicted for aluminium foundry mismanagement, Monaco Resources co-founder now has eye on Alteo refinery

Vox Royalty seeks to consolidate in Africa thanks to Thor gold

Antonio Guterres chooses new United Nations "West Africa" boss

How Buhari managed to make peace with Delta king and ex-MEND leader Tompolo

Apogee-SSU to continue training west African pilots

The three guises of Fidelis Oditah, ENI, NNPC and Lekoil's favourite lawyer

In Focus Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Burkina Faso, Mali
Gold traders cast in uncertainty as jihadist threat looms

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

In Focus
Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

In Focus
Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist