Royal Dutch Shell  and Eni have been ordered to stand trial over alleged corruption in Nigeria with the Italian major’s chief executive among those indicted. A Milan judge ruled on Wednesday the two companies along with a series of present and past executives would have to face a trial which legal sources said is due to start on March 5. The case involves the 2011 purchase by Eni and Shell of Nigeria’s OPL-245 offshore oilfield - one of Africa’s most valuable oil blocks - for about $1.3 billion.

Source: Reuters