Nigeria: 32 years after, Supreme Court finds Shell liable for oil spills

09 June 2015, Abuja — The Supreme Court has ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, to pay four communities in Delta State N30,288,681 compensation earlier awarded against it in 1997 by the then Bendel State High Court for damages caused by oil spills linked to the company. The communities – Obotobo, Sokebolo, […] More »