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Nigeria files Sh112.6b ($1.1b) lawsuit against Shell, Eni

The logo of a Shell gas station is pictured in Ulm, Germany. [Photo: Reuters]

LONDON- Lawyers for the Nigerian government said they had filed a $1.1 billion lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell and Eni in a commercial court in London on Thursday in relation to a 2011 oilfield deal.

The OPL 245 oilfield is also at the heart of an ongoing corruption trial in Milan in which former and current Shell and Eni officials are on the bench.

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