{"id":1225,"date":"2017-10-30T23:44:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T23:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2017-11-13T19:53:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T19:53:08","slug":"ecowas-court-orders-nigeria-govt-to-pay-n88b-in-damages-for-1967-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/ecowas-court-orders-nigeria-govt-to-pay-n88b-in-damages-for-1967-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS Court Orders Nigeria Govt to Pay N88B In Damages for 1967 War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede-text-only lede\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-well\">\n<section class=\"main-column\">\n<figure class=\"lede-media-image lede figure-expandable\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<div id=\"lazy-img-319783591\" class=\"lazy-img \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img__image loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.bwbx.io\/images\/users\/iqjWHBFdfxIU\/iqzxD8E_Ndrw\/v0\/800x-1.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Nigerian federal troops are pictured during an operation against secessionist Biafra forces near the town of Ore, some 120 miles from Ibadan, Nigeria, Aug. 16, 1967.<span class=\"lede-media-image__credit credit\">Photographer: AP Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"body-copy\">\n<address class=\"lede-text-only__byline\">By Tope Alake,\u00a0Bloomberg<\/address>\n<div class=\"lede-text-only__times\">October 30, 2017<\/div>\n<p>Nigeria was ordered to pay 88 billion naira ($244 million) in damages to those affected by a 1967 civil war after failing to clear landmines and other explosives in the country\u2019s southeast.<\/p>\n<div class=\"regwall\">The government of Africa\u2019s most populous nation must pay 50 billion naira to compensate war victims and a further 38 billion naira to state authorities to help rebuild damaged property, the Economic Community of West African States Court of Justice said Monday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"regwall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"regwall\">The 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