Nigeria has won the first round of the legal battle to stop the execution of the $9.6billion judgement debt imposed on her by a commercial court in the United Kingdom (UK).
The UK court on the first hearing of the case yesterday, after it awarded the fine against Nigeria, granted the federal government leave to appeal the judgment which was in favour of an Irish firm, Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID).
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