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March 4th, 2016:

Nigerian Federal Government slams oil firms, including Shell, with N2trn lawsuit over alleged oil fraud

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By Dimeji Akinloye: 4 March 2016

The federal government has reportedly filed lawsuits against multinational oil corporations – Shell, Chevron, Agip and other major oil companies for failing remit N2 trillion crude oil revenue.

The revenue not declared between 2011 and 2014, according to Ynaija, runs into over 57 million barrels of crude oil shipments.

As contained in the lawsuits, which were filed on Thursday, March 3, at a Federal High Court in Lagos, the decline in crude oil revenue recorded in 2014 “necessitated an intelligence based gathering of data, which showed that part of the reasons for the decline in the revenue from crude oil exploration was the refusal to declare and/or under-declaration of crude oil shipments”. read more

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Nigeria to Split Up National Oil Company

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By BENOIT FAUCON: March 4, 2016

Nigeria’s oil minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said Nigerian National Oil Co. will be broken up into 30 independent oil firms as the country’s government combats corruption and bureaucracy after the oil price crash. PHOTO: REUTERS

The previous administration of Goodluck Jonathan has been widely accused of bribery and misappropriation of funds in the oil sector. Former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke is being investigated on corruption allegations in Nigeria and the U.K. Through her lawyer, she has denied any wrongdoing. read more

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Cash Can’t Fix the Village Ruined by Shell’s Oil

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Screen Shot 2016-02-29 at 15.03.25By Chris Kay and Ed Kiernan: Bloomberg.com

3 March 2016

As canoes glide past mangroves blackened by oil in the Niger River delta, two dozen children splash around in a creek covered by a sheen of crude while families take shelter from the punishing midday sun in half-built houses.

Once a bustling farming and fishing town in the region of Ogoniland, Bodo has become a poster child in Nigeria for the devastating impact on local communities caused by the leakage of about 240,000 barrels of crude a year in the delta, close to the amount that spilled in 1989 when the Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground off Alaska. read more

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