Nigeria central bank to defend reserves in wake of UK $9 billion court ruling

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank will strive to protect the country's currency reserves after a British court ruling granted a small natural gas firm the right to try to seize $9 billion (£7 billion) in assets from Nigeria's government, the bank's head said on Monday.Such a sum would be one of the largest financial liabilities imposed on Nigeria in its history, representing 20% of the currency reserves of Africa's largest economy and top oil producer.Central bank chief Godwin Emefiele..