Court stops Senate's award of N18.4bn compensation for 34 Rivers oil communities

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, declared that the Senate acted illegally in awarding N18.4 billion as compensation to 34 oil producing communities of Obiafu, Soku to Bonny in Rivers over Nigeria NLG Ltd’s acquisition of right of way (ROW).Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment held that the plaintiff, Nigeria LNG Ltd, had successfully

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