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Shell Has Been Ordered to Pay $2.4 Billion for Ogoniland. It Took Twenty-Two Years to Get Here.
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Shell Has Been Ordered to Pay $2.4 Billion for Ogoniland. It Took Twenty-Two Years to Get Here.

Nigeria's Supreme Court has upheld a $2.4 billion pollution damages award against Shell for decades of oil spills in the Niger Delta — rejecting the statute of limitations defence and establishing a damages methodology that does not require individual victims to document individual losses. Every company operating in the delta is now reading this ruling carefully.

By Chukwuemeka Obi|yesterday
Lagos Completes Africa's Largest Urban Rail Network, Cutting Cross-City Commutes from Four Hours to 45 Minutes

Lagos Completes Africa's Largest Urban Rail Network, Cutting Cross-City Commutes from Four Hours to 45 Minutes

The final phase of Lagos's 227-kilometre metro and light rail network has opened, connecting the city's 24 million residents across six lines and 89 stations — slashing average cross-city commute times, removing 2.4 million daily car journeys, and delivering the infrastructure project that planners have been attempting to build for forty years.

By Kelechi Eze|yesterday