Court hears suit to halt Shell’s mining licence transfer

The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed May 26, 2025, to hear a suit seeking to stop Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited’s deal transferring its mining licence to Nigerian consortium, Renaissance African Energy Company Limited.

The suit, marked FHC/L/CS/651/25, has been assigned to  Justice A.L. Allagoa

The plaintiff, Incorporated Trustees of HEDA Resource Centre, claims that the mining licence transfer deal is in breach of…