Pfizer finalizes settlement with Nigeria state in drug testing lawsuit
July 28, 2009
[JURIST] Drug maker Pfizer [corporate website] finalized a settlement Monday with the Nigerian state of Kano in a lawsuit over allegedly illegal clinical trials the company conducted in Nigeria in 1996. The Kano government had filed a lawsuit [BBC backgrounder] against Pfizer in 2007, accusing the c....... [more] 
Accused Nigeria rebel leader given amnesty in treason case
July 13, 2009
[JURIST] Accused Nigerian rebel leader Henry Okah was released on Monday after the government dropped treason and gun trafficking charges against him. The government alleges that Okah is the leader of the rebel group Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) [BBC backgrounder], which has b....... [more]
Royal Dutch Shell reaches settlement over Nigeria activist deaths
June 9, 2009
[JURIST] A $15.5 million settlement [press release] was reached Monday between Royal Dutch Shell PLC [corporate website] and the families of nine Nigerian activists who were killed in 1995. The settlement came [WSJ report] as the case was scheduled to go to trial in the US District Court for the Sou....... [more]
US religious freedom report adds Iraq, Nigeria to countries of particular concern
May 5, 2009
[JURIST] The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) [official website] has released [press release; materials] its annual report on worldwide religious freedoms, elevating Iraq and Nigeria to its list of "countries of particular concern" (CPC) and adding six new countries to its "....... [more]
Nigeria court-martial sentences 27 UN peacekeeping soldiers to life imprisonment
April 29, 2009
[JURIST] A court-martial in Nigeria [JURIST news archive] sentenced 27 UN peacekeeping troops to life imprisonment Tuesday. The soldiers of the 14th Nigerian Battalion were convicted of mutiny [Vanguard report] under the Armed Forces Act 2004 [text] for staging street demonstrations in protest of a....... [more]
Pfizer reaches settlement with Nigeria state in drug testing lawsuit
April 3, 2009
[JURIST] Drug maker Pfizer [corporate website] reached a settlement Friday with the Nigerian state of Kano in a lawsuit over allegedly illegal clinical trials the company conducted in Nigeria in 1996. The national government and the state of Kano filed separate lawsuits [BBC backgrounder] against Pf....... [more]
Second Circuit revives Nigeria lawsuits against Pfizer
January 31, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] on Friday reversed [opinion, PDF] and remanded a lower court ruling, reviving two lawsuits brought by Nigerian families against Pfizer [corporate website]. The consolidated lawsuits allege that Pfizer violated international l....... [more]
Second Circuit revives Nigeria lawsuits against Pfizer
January 31, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday reversed and remanded a lower court ruling, reviving two lawsuits brought by Nigerian families against Pfizer. The consolidated lawsuits allege that Pfizer violated international law when....... [more]
Nigeria high court upholds contested 2007 election results
December 12, 2008
'[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday upheld the results of the country''s disputed 2007 presidential election which was won by President Umaru Yar''Adua. The court dismissed the appeal brought by former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar....... [more]
Pfizer hopes for November settlement with 1996 Nigerian drug trial plaintiffs
October 27, 2008
'[JURIST] Officials from Nigeria and from US pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Monday that they hope to reach a settlement agreement by the end of next month over allegedly illegal clinical trials conducted in Nigeria by the drug company in 1996. The....... [more]
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