How Shell staff connived with police to extort N3m from me — Travel Agent
September 30, 2019 seemed like a normal business day for Dayo Ayoade, Managing Director of Travel Deals Limited, Lagos, until he discovered that Guaranty Trust Bank Plc had placed a…
Court clears obstacle to Dutch prosecution of Shell over Nigerian oil deals
A Dutch court has rejected Shell’s claim that documents seized during a raid on the company’s offices cannot be used as evidence by prosecutors due to legal professional privilege, an…
OPL 245: EFCC to serve Adoke, Etete by substituted means
EFCC boss, Magu The Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to serve the criminal charges of alleged abuse of…
U.S. DOJ says Eni probe not closed for lack of evidence, could re-open investigation
The U.S. Department of Justice has described as “misleading” any implication that it had closed a probe into alleged corruption by Italian energy major Eni for lack of evidence and…
U.S. Justice Department drops investigation into Shell over Nigerian oil deal
Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday that it had been informed by the U.S. Department of Justice that it had closed its inquiry into Shell over the 2011 $1.3 billion…
Petroleum Ministry seeks out of court settlement in Aiteo, host communities face-off
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa had on June 24 declined an application to halt the renewal of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 pending, the determination of a suit…
OML 11 controversy: Court orders FG to renew Shell licence
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Federal Government to renew the operating licence of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, who delivered the judgment,…
Technical software issue causes LSE’s FTSE stock market to suffer longest outage in years
A technical glitch delayed the start of trading on Friday on the UK blue chip FTSE 100 and midcap stock indexes for almost two hours in what was…
UK Supreme Court to hear claims by Niger Delta peasants against Shell in England
There is hope for redemption for two Niger Delta communities as the Supreme Court in London will hear an appeal by peasants from the communities to pursue claims in England…
Eni officials tried to convince a witness to withdraw statements in Nigeria fraud case – prosecutor
Officials from Eni sought to convince a witness, a former Eni manager, to withdraw some statements he made during investigations into a Nigerian corruption case involving the Italian oil group, a…