Within months all the money was transferred to bank accounts controlled by convicted money-launderer and former oil minister Dan Etete...
In theory the separation of powers in the bill would significantly limit the scope of powers notoriously exercised by oil ministers such as Diezani Allison Madueke and Dan Etete who have been targeted by international investigations into corrupt deals over oil blocks and trading arrangements (AC Vol 60 No 10 OPL245: Fight or flight)...
Nigeria is now seeking at least $1 billion in damages from Shell ENI and Malabu Oil Gas the company controlled by Dan Etete who as oil minister in 1998 effectively awarded OPL245 to himself...
Judge Barbara's statement explains that the former oil minister Dan Etete who claimed ownership of the OPL 245 oil block and was selling it back to the government for onward sale to Shell and ENI transferred about $520 million to Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu intended for payment to members of the government and other public officials...
is at the centre of a corruption scandal involving Dan Etete formerly Abacha's oil minister leading to ongoing criminal proceedings in Italy against the companies (AC Vol 55 No 7 Return of the Jagaban)...
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It would also leave open the matter of Nigeria's US$875 million claim against JPMorgan Chase for negligently transferring funds in 2011 from a state escrow account to an account controlled by Malabu Oil & Gas and former Oil Minister Dan Etete (AC Vol 55 No 10 The ripples of OPL 245)...
After emails emerged showing that the Anglo-Dutch oil giant had negotiated with Dan Etete an Oil Minister under General Sani Abacha's dictatorship who was later convicted in France of laundering ill-gotten gains the company has changed its version of events...
The funds were transferred to Malabu Oil and Gas Limited a shell company controlled by Dan Etete who moved the funds on to six other accounts in August and September 2011 (AC Vol 55 No 7 There will be blood...
1 billion that the government gave Dan Etete an Oil Minister under the late General Sani Abacha and his business associates (AC Vol 55 No 21 Follow the money)...
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09 billion to Abuja which then swiftly passed most of the money on to Nigerian private companies and individuals foremost among them Chief Dan Etete and his shell company Malabu (AC Vol 55 No 10 The ripples over OPL 245)...