Lago Agrio oil field US attorney, Steven Donziger, had used "corrupt means," including payment of almost US$300,000 in bribes, to obtain the 2011 court verdict in Ecuador. The judge did not rule on the underlying issue of environmental damages. While the US ruling does not affect the decision of the court in Ecuador, it has blocked efforts to collect damages from Chevron in US courts. Donziger and the two Ecuadorian defendants appealed, and on August 8, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment against them in all respects. In September 2018, the District of Columbia
MTN $5.2 billion fine on the settlement of the fine On 8 March 2016, President Mohammadu Buhari (PMB) hosted Jacob Zuma, the president of the South Africa Republic (RSA), on an official visit. During the visit, PMB noted that the negligence of MTN to follow the NCC mandate to de-register unapproved SIMs had aided the activities of terrorists in the country. He said "The concern of the Federal Government was basically on the security and not the fine imposed on MTN. “You know how the unregistered GSM (SIM cards) are being used by terrorists and between 2009 and today, at least 10,000 Nigerians were