LAGOS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Rivers state has
purchased Royal Dutch Shell's RDSa.L stake in an oil mining
licence in the restive Ogoniland region, the state's governor
said on Monday.
The license, OML 11, has been undeveloped for nearly 25
years, since the execution of regional activist Ken Saro-Wiwa
under the military government of Sani Abacha.