In 1993 Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida awarded her company, Famfa Oil, an oil prospectinglicense which went on to become OML 127, one of Nigeria's most prolific oil blocks.
She started as a secretary at an investment bank in the 1970s, launched a fashion label for upscale clientele in the 1980s and her Famfa Oil company was awarded an oil prospectinglicense in 1993.
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Last August Malabu sued Shell, accusing it of colluding with Nigerian officials to snatch its juicy oil prospectinglicense, OPL 245, a giant block in the deepwater area of the Niger Delta, with estimated reserves of more than 1 billion barrels.