Nigeria: Trial of Shell Nigerian Oil Pollution Claims to Begin at the High Court on 13 February

Oil giant Shell will stand trial  at the High Court in London   from 10.30am Thursday 13 February to Friday 7 March 2025  over claims it is responsible for oil pollution which has devastated two Nigerian communities and breached their right to clean and healthy environment.

The trial is a key moment in the legal claim by the Ogale and Bille communities in the Niger Delta (combined population of 80,000), who have been fighting UK-based Shell plc and its Nigerian subsidiary SPDC for a clean-up…