After 13 Years of Battle, Shell to Settle $111m for 1970 Oil Spill That Devastated Niger Delta

After a 13-year-long legal battle, Shell Petroleum company has agreed to pay $111 million settlement to a Nigerian community, after its 1970 oil spill had devastated the sandy loam soil in Ejama-Ebubu in Rivers State, Nigeria, with other long-term effects.