Enugu High Court Orders UK to Pay £420m Over 1949 Killing of Coal Miners
A High Court of Enugu State has ordered the British Government to pay £420 million in compensation to the families of 21 Nigerian coal miners killed by colonial officers at the Iva Valley Coal Mine in 1949. Justice Anthony Onovo, delivering judgment on Thursday, ruled that the killings constituted an unlawful and extrajudicial violation of […]

