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Big Win for Nigeria Farmers as Court Orders Compensation from Shell over Oil Spillage

Dutch court orders giant shell company to pay Nigerian farmers in the Niger Delta for oil spillage. The company had been sued by Four Nigerian farmers for contaminating the Niger Delta. The verdict has been delivered after over a decade protracted court battle.
The Transnational type of litigation was filed at the Netherlands in a three separate lawsuit seeking to address the effects of oil spillages in Goi, Oruma and Ada Udo, pitting the residents against Royal Dutch Shell Company.
It was alleged that the oil flowed into farmland and fishponds of the plaintiffs in June 2005 and polluted them. The plaintiffs suit the company for negligence, for they were unable to prevent or limit the spread of the oil spillage.
In a rejoinder, On May 2009 Shell argued in the court that they had no jurisdiction on actions committed by its Nigerian subsidiary.
Late 2020, Royal Dutch shell faced a lawsuit challenging the company as the major emitter of greenhouse gases. Environment activists demanded the firm to stop extracting gas and oil in concurrence with Paris accord that aim to restrain global warming.
Shell Company, however, committed to achieve zero emissions without elaborating on how they would achieve this.

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