Jump to navigation

Vol 65 No 17

Published 23rd August 2024

Nigeria

Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush

PREVIEW

Sierra Leone University lost US$4.5m of public money to a Nigerian company after red flags were ignored and safeguards overridden. Then, they kept it secret

An Africa Confidential Special Report By Josef Skrdlik and Andrew Weir  

Read this Special Report for free here: Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush 

Plus the accompanying report: Femab Properties’ chequered past in which we probe the often questionable history of Sierra Leone's Nigerian partners and ask why multiple warning signs were ignored

 

The Bureh Town campus site after five years after work stopped.

The Bureh Town campus site after five years after work stopped. Pic: Josef Skrdlik

Copyright © Africa Confidential 2025
https://www.africa-confidential.com

Prepared for Free Article on 20/01/2025 at 18:59. Authorized users may download, save, and print articles for their own use, but may not further disseminate these articles in their electronic form without express written permission from Africa Confidential / Asempa Limited. Contact subscriptions@africa-confidential.com.

Related Articles

Rich resources, little investment

Sierra Leone's rumour mill is dependably strong and outrageous, but the case of African Minerals is impressive even without its wrapping of gossip. The Chairman of the company,...

Kanu's lobbyists for Biafra step up campaign

The separatist leader refused to appear in court in Abuja on 8 February but has more wealthy supporters in Washington DC

The campaign for a 'Jewish Autonomous Region in Biafra' is trying to boost its profile after hiring new lobbyists in the United States. Its backers hope to rekindle...

Swelling the great gas balloon

In camera testimony to a French judge drags more names through the Nigeriagate scandal

Halliburton, the United States' oil services company, was the prime mover behind a US$180 million slush fund linked to Nigeria's $10 billion gas export plant, according to several...

The lucky friends

Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan is trying to build a broad consensus across political parties and ethnic regions, with advisors outside party and government circles who are mostly from Bayelsa....

Errors of judgement

The row over the President’s suspension of the Chief Justice raises doubts over the conduct of this month’s elections

Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen, suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari on 25 January, is fighting for his professional life in a partisan battle that casts a shadow over presidential...


Stories by country

Footer Map