2009-06-10 Shell to Pay $15.5 Million to Settle Nigerian Case. New York Times, USA.

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to settle a lawsuit over the 1995 murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Nigerian activists.

Shell will pay 15.5 million USD to the plaintiffs, including Ken Saro-Wiwa's family. Around $5 million will go into a trust fund intended to benefit the Ogoni people.

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2009-05-05 Late Nigerian activist's son to see Shell in court. AP.

Before Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed, he predicted that Shell would be brought to trial one day.

His son has fought for more than 13 years to make this prediction come true. The trial against Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. and the former managing director of its Nigerian subsidary starts May 26 in the U.S. District Court in New York.

The accusation: complicity in decisions by Nigeria's then-military government to hang oil industry opponents.

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2008-06-04 Nigeria to give Shell Ogoni oil wells to another firm. Reuters.

15 years after Shell closed its operations in Ogoniland because of large protests against environmental destruction, the oil fields in this area will be given to another oil company, Nigeria's President announced.

MOSOP has commended the Federal Government’s decision to appoint another operator in place of Shell for the Ogoni area, describing it as a bold step that stands the brightest chance of quickening the resumption of oil activities in Ogoni.

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2008-03-13 MOSOP alleges plot by Shell to return to Ogoni illegally - It is not true - Shell. Nigerian Tribune.

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has raised the alarm over moves of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to return to Ogoniland through the back door.

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2007-12-12 Ogoni: Protests at Shell Headquarters. UNPO.

MOSOP marched to Shell Headquarters for the first time in three years opposing the abuses of the oil company in Ogoniland.

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