1 April 2022

Correspondence between the Italian oil multinational Eni and President Buhari of Nigeria reveals that Nigeria refused to bow to insistent requests by letter to convert Eni and Shell’s exploration license for the OPL 245 field into an oil mining license by Lorenzo Bagnoli Nigeria president, Muhammadu Buhari Correspondence between the… Read More

9 September 2021

In March 2021, after a 3-year trial, the Milan Court of First Instance acquitted Shell, Eni and 11 other defendants of international corruption in the acquisition of the OPL 245 oil field in Nigeria.   The judges held that… Read More

9 September 2021

Mortgage with Unity Bank was repaid via OPL 245-derived cash payments from Bureaux de Change In their judgment acquitting Shell, Eni and other defendants of international corruption in the OPL 245 deal, the Milan judges ruled that Nigeria’s former Attorney General, Mohammed Bello Adoke SAN, received some $2… Read More

26 August 2021

Former Nigerian Attorney General in June 2011 telephoned JP Morgan to arrange transfer of OPL 245 funds from FGN account even though he was no longer a Minister, the Milan court records reveal by Lorenzo Bagnoli An internal email exchange between anti-money laundering officers at JP… Read More