Tag: compensation
Oil Spillage: Shell to pay Bodo community £55m compensation
Six years after two oil spills destroyed thousands of livelihoods in the Bodo area, of Ogoniland in Nigeria’s Rivers State,…
China to give parents of wrongfully executed man $330,000
A Chinese court will give the parents of a teenager wrongfully executed for murder and rape 18 years ago more…
Guinea offers $10,000 to families of health workers killed by Ebola
The families of every Guinean health worker who has died in the Ebola outbreak will be compensated for their loss…
Amosun Promises to Complete Payment of Compensation
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has promised to complete payment of compensations due to owners of properties…
Associated Airline crash survivor cries out for compensation
Ms. Oluwatoyin Samson, cabin crew with Associated Airlines, who survived the 3 October, 2013 crash of one of the planes…
University: Jigawa to pay N143m compensation to communities
Jigawa State Government has earmarked N143 million for payment as compensation to farmers whose lands were acquired for the construction…
Koluama youths invade Chevron over non payment of compensation
Youths from Koluama communities in Bayelsa, have invaded the North Apoi oil platform operated by Chevron over non payment of…
Crash survivor, Associated Airlines at war over compensation
Simon Ateba/Lagos Associated Aviation Airlines, whose plane crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on 3 October 2013, killing 16 people, and…
Shell faces hefty compensation claims after UK Court ruling
A landmark United Kingdom court ruling paves the way for Shell to finally be held accountable for devastating oil pollution…
Dana Plane Crash: Judge Disappoints Victims’ Families
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Simon Ateba Victims of the Dana Air disaster in Lagos seeking compensation were disappointed this morning when…
Extra-Judicial Killings: Victims’ Families Demand N2bn
Eromosele Ebhomele Two families based in Lagos, western Nigeria, have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, over what could…
Lagos generates N8.4bn from land transactions in 2013
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it generated about N8.4billion from land transactions in 2013. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, Permanent Secretary…
Ogoni protesters shut First Bank over Shell debt
Banking activities at First Bank Area office in Port Harcourt, Rivers, were disrupted on Wednesday as protesting members of Ogoni…
Group backs compensation to Boko Haram victims
A Nigerian human rights group has supported the agitation for adequate compensation by the Nigerian government to victims of Boko…
APC counsels Jonathan to compensate Boko Haram victims
The interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, in a statement issued today urged President Goodluck Jonathan…
Music legend Quincy Jones sues Michael Jackson estate
Music impresario Quincy Jones, credited with producing some of Michael Jackson’s biggest hits, has sued the singer’s estate for $10…
Ibaka Residents Demand N10bn Over Seaport
Residents of Ibaka community in Ibaka Mbo Local Government, Akwa Ibom Stae, southern Nigeria, on Friday asked for N10 billion…
Amosun assures owners of demolished homes on compensation
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun has declared that all the owners of…
Youths Protest At ExxonMobil
Some members of Ibeno Youths Coalition on Monday protested peacefully against Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited to demand for compensation for…
Nigerian community rejects ExxonMobil N2.5b offer for spill
The Eket Federal Constituency Vanguard, in Akwa Ibom state, southern Nigeria has rejected the N2.5 billion oil spill compensation offered…
Bodo community rejects Shell’s $50m over oil spills
Negotiations between Shell and Nigerian residents of Bodo, an Ogoni community affected by two oil spills in 2008 failed to…
NDLEA: Baba Suwe Heads To Supreme Court
Kazeem Ugbodaga Ace Nigerian actor, Mr Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against…
Britain Set To Compensate Kenyans For Mau Mau Torture
Britain was to announce Thursday it will pay compensation for thousands of Kenyans who were abused and tortured in detention…
Dana Crash:Families squabble over compensation
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Relatives of the victims of the 3 June 2012 Dana plane crash are fighting over who should…
Dana Air pays $3.95m to families of crash victims
Dana Airline has paid $3.95million in compensation to the families of the victims of its plane crash a year ago,…
‘FG Must Compensate Boko Haram Victims’
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has called on the Federal Government to set up machinery for compensating the victims…
Nigerian community reports Shell, Agip to UN, wants $1billion
The Paramount Ruler and elders of Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa, have petitioned the UN over alleged destructive oil exploration activities…
Court orders compensation for Capital Oil Boss
Henry Ojelu A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, today ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, Access…
Deputy Governor: Yakowa’s Associates Nominate Widow
In a bid to compensate for the loss of her husband, wife of the late Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna…
DANA Air Unwilling To Pay—Victim
DANA Air, the airline whose plane crashed on 3 June in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, killing more than 150 people and…