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FG, NNPCL, Petroleum ministry secure judgment over oil mining leases
3 years ago[FILES] A picture taken on March 22, 2013 shows gas flare at Shell Cawtharine Channel, Nembe Creek in the Niger Delta. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on April 2, 2013 said it would temporarily shut down production the Nembe Creek Truck Line (NCTL) to remove a number of bunkering points on pipelines vandalised by oil thieves in the region. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
The Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd have secured a landmark judgment over oil mining leases formerly operated by ADDAX as a Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday struck out a suit by Kaztec Engineering Ltd, describing it as incompetent.