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Nigeria: 2020 Could Be Shell's Year of Reckoning - Amnesty
AI London, 11 February 2020
In 2020 Shell will face unprecedented legal scrutiny over decades of human rights abuses in Nigeria, Amnesty International said on Monday, as the oil giant braces itself for… Read more »
'Shell Nigeria's Operations Could Be Under Scrutiny in 2020'
In 2020, Shell may be facing unprecedented legal scrutiny, over allegations that include its complicity in unlawful executions, and causing systemic pollution and environmental damage in the Niger Delta, Amnesty International has said.
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Nigeria: Is Bodo Oil Spill Triggering Epic Number of Funerals?
Daily Trust, 10 November 2019
An oil spill occurred in Bodo, Rivers State in 2008. Nigerian regulations stress that 24 hours after a spill there should be a clean-up. But in this case oil issued non-stop until… Read more »
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Nigeria: Contaminated Lands, Water - New Major Inquiry Into Oil Spills in Niger Delta
Vanguard, 31 March 2019
A major new inquiry into oil companies operating in the Niger Delta has been launched by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu. The probe will investigate "environmental and human… Read more »
InFocus
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a suit by Shell challenging the imposition of a U.S.$3.6 billion fine on it by the government. The oil giant had sued the National Oil ... Read more »
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A British judge has ruled that Nigeria's Bodo community, which has been involved in a protracted legal battle with Shell over the clean-up of two 2008 oil spills, should retain the ... Read more »
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The Bodo oil spills has been the subject of years of legal wrangling. In 2015, Shell accepted liability for the spills, agreeing to pay U.S.$83 million to villagers, and to clean ... Read more »
