The Nigerian government’s $1 billion lawsuit against oil giants; Royal Dutch Shell and Eni, has been dismissed by a UK court on grounds of lacking the jurisdiction to hear the case centered on the Malabu oil deal of 2011. British Judge, Christopher Butcher who gave the ruling in a virtual hearing on Friday May 22, said the cased could not go ahead in England, and also denied the Nigerian government the permission to appeal against the judgment. Barnaby Pace, a journalist and oil campaigner …