Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has applauded the court’s decision.
In a reaction to the ruling, Chima Ubani, Executive Director at ERA/FoEN, said, ““Today’s decisions will determine whether or not transnational companies will be obliged to respond in a swift and positive way when environmental complaints are made from their host country.
“This case has taken so long that two of the claimants are no longer alive.
“But, the problems caused by the immense oil spill from Shell’s pipelines have still not been resolved after 13 years. It hurts that this can happen.
Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, an International Oil Company, IOC, has insisted that most oil spill incidents in the Niger Delta are caused by Sabotage, oil theft, and illegal refining.
Reacting to the latest ruling by a Dutch appeals court, which ruled that it is responsible for damage caused by leaks in the region, the company said, it was disappointed.
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In a statement obtained by Vanguard, the company, stated: “We continue to believe that the spills in Oruma and Goi were the result of sabotage. We are therefore disappointed that this court has made a different finding on the cause of these spills and in its finding that SPDC is liable.
Leut.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, COAS, has expressed confidence that insurgency in the country, especially in the North East will end soon.
Buratai spoke during the Pulling Out Parade held in his honour at the Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja on Friday.
“Let me thank my governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. He has been supportive to me and of course, the Nigerian Army, especially in the fight against insurgency,” Buratai said.
“He came with a unique leadership and I assure you, collectively, the Nigerian Army and the Borno State Government will end this insurgency within the shortest possible time.
International Court orders Shell to compensate Niger-Delta communities over oil spillage
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The Appeal Court at the Hague in the Netherlands has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to pay commensurate compensation to victims of two oil-polluted communities in the Niger-Delta.
Two separate oil spills from a Shell facility occurred in 2004 and 2008, polluting several fishing communities in the Niger Delta.
Four fishermen from the impacted villages of Ikot Ada Udo, in Akwa Ibom state; Goi in Rivers state, and Oruma in Bayelsa State sued Shell in the Netherlands.
In this case of four fishermen/farmers and Milieudefensie vs. Royal Dutch Shell and Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, re-lief sought included a declaration of Shell liability to the spills and destruction of fishponds being the source of income for the litigants.
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Trans Niger Oil and Gas Limited (TNOG) obtained a $250 million facility from Afrieximbank of the $1.1 billion it used in the acquisition of a 45% stake in the OML 17 onshore oil field.
This makes Afreximbank largest creditor, subscribing about a quarter of the financing, in three deal that enabled TNOG to purchase shares in OML 17 from Shell Petroleum Development Company, Total E&P Nigeria Limited and ENI.
Other participating donors include Africa Finance Corporation, Union Bank, Shell, Hybrid Capital and Schlumberger, with TNOG advised by United Capital Plc
The five-year US$1.1 billion facility, which was signed in December 2020, despite the economic headwinds caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, was led, as Mandated Lead Arrangers, by Afreximbank, Standard Chartered Bank and ABSA. Following this acquisition, TNOG will now operate the OML 17 onshore oilfield on behalf of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, which owns the remaining 55% wor