"Nigeria seeks N884bn compensation from Shell over 2011 Bonga Oil spills", 15 May 2016

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised that the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Attorney General of Federation and Minister for Justice alongside National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) for the country and on behalf of 350 communities in Delta and Bayelsa states affected by Bonga Oil spills of December 20, 2011, to commence legal action against  Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company...The country is  demanding for N884Billion as compensation for oil spillage that destroyed the affected communities...In an affidavit...the plaintiffs brought this legal action for themselves in relation to damage and devastation done to the exclusive Economic Zone, Ecosystem, marine life, and the environment caused by Bonga crude Oil spills...The Nigerian Government alongside, NOSDRA are also suing in order to protect the interest of [f]ishermen and persons affected by the Bonga crude oil spillage numbering about 285,000 persons from 350 communities and satellite Villages with their consent to institute this suit...The defendants admitted spewing out 40,000 barrels of crude Oil into the sea...There were severe disruptions to communities, persons, properties and lives of people in the shoreline area as a result of the spill...