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AROUND 50,000 Nigerians can sue Shell in England over oil spills which have caused “widespread environmental damage,” the Supreme Court ruled today.
Two Nigerian communities say they have suffered systematic and ongoing oil pollution for years because of Shell’s operations in the African country, including the pollution of their drinking water.
The Ogale and Bille communities near the Niger Delta took legal action against Shell and its Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), in 2015.
A US air strike in north-west Nigeria, publicly framed as a Christmas act of counterterrorism, reveals a deeper shift in how power is exercised in Africa, argues RAIS NEZA BONEZA
Nigeria’s presidential spokesman grovels to the West in response to Washington intimidation, writes PAVAN KULKARNI
Campaign group’s legal challenge against decision to approve proposals dismissed