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Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a $15.5 million (£9.7million) out-of-court settlement in a case accusing it of complicity in human rights abuses in Nigeria including the hanging of anti-oil campaigner and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. Read more here
14 years after Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa’s was hanged along with eight other community leaders, his family take oil giant Shell to court for crimes against humanity over its activities in the oil-rich Niger Delta of southern Nigeria. Read more here
Media Rights Agenda is an organisation established for the purpose of, among other things, promoting and protecting media freedom and freedom of expression in Nigeria.
Channels TV was shut down by Nigerian security services on 16 September, after running a story claiming the president would be resigning due to health reasons.
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