Fresh facts have emerged on how yet-to-be-identified gunmen abducted a Bayelsa State High Court Judge, Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, at the Ekeki suburb of Yenagoa, the state capital.

Residents of two Nigerian communities who are taking legal action against Shell over oil pollution are set to take their cases to trial at the High Court in 2027. Members of the Bille and Ogale ...

Residents of two Nigerian communities who are taking legal action against Shell over oil pollution are set to take their cases to trial at the High Court in 2027. Members of the Bille and Ogale ...

That being so, the High Court had no jurisdiction to hear the matter. The application is granted. The ruling of the High Court dated 26th March 2023 is to be brought before this Court to be quashed.

The High Court and the Court of Appeal ruled in 2017 and 2018, respectively, that there was no arguable case that Shell owed the claimants a duty of care, but the Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that ...