Pfizer resumes settlement talks with Nigeria state over drug trial lawsuit
April 28, 2008
[JURIST] US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer [corporate website] resumed settlement negotiations with the Nigerian state of Kano for allegedly illegal clinical trials conducted by the drug company, Kano state Justice Commissioner Aliyu Umar said Monday. Pfizer is accused of administering 200 Nigerian.... [more] 
Nigeria rebel charged with treason for alleged coup plot
April 5, 2008
[JURIST] The Nigerian Federal High Court on Friday formally charged rebel Henry Okah with treason based on an alleged coup plot. Okah, a member of the militant Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) [BBC backgrounder], was arrested and charged in Angola in September after attempting.... [more]
Nigeria commission launches corruption investigation of former president
March 27, 2008
[JURIST] The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) [official website] made good on earlier promises to investigate high-ranking governmental officials on Wednesday by formally launching an investigation into former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo [BBC profile]. An EFCC.... [more]
Nigeria police routinely violate human rights: UN torture rapporteur
March 11, 2008
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak [UN profile] accused Nigeria's national police of widespread human rights violations Monday, telling the UN Human Rights Council [official website] that Nigerian police routinely tortured suspects during investigations. Nowak also deplored.... [more]
Nigeria opposition candidate appeals election decision to Supreme Court
March 3, 2008
[JURIST] Nigerian opposition leader and presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari [campaign website] has asked the Supreme Court of Nigeria [official website] to review last week's decision by the country's election tribunal to uphold the results of last year's disputed presidential elections.... [more]
Nigeria prisons 'systematically' violating human rights: Amnesty
February 26, 2008
[JURIST] The human rights of inmates in Nigerian prisons are "systematically violated," Amnesty International [advocacy website] said in a Tuesday report [PDF text; press release] based on visits to 10 prisons across Nigeria over the last six months. According to the report:Approximately 65.... [more]
Nigeria election tribunal upholds disputed presidential poll
July 24, 2006
[JURIST] Nigeria's Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal on Tuesday upheld the results of last year's disputed presidential elections [JURIST report], saying that opposition groups failed to present sufficient evidence to support their fraud allegations [JURIST report]. European Union and NGO.... [more]
Former Nigeria governor arraigned on corruption charges
December 18, 2007
[JURIST] Ayodele Fayose [Wikipedia profile], the former governor of the Nigerian state of Ekiti [official website] has been arraigned on corruption charges in Nigeria [JURIST news archive], court officials said Tuesday. Fayose is accused of embezzling 1.2 billion naira in state funds, among other.... [more]
Nigeria carrying out secret executions: Amnesty
December 17, 2007
[JURIST] Nigeria [JURIST news archive] has secretly carried out at least seven state executions [press release] in recent years despite official denials, Amnesty International claimed Monday in a new report. The executed men, who were all hanged, were generally tried without representation and not.... [more]
Nigeria files $44B lawsuit against tobacco companies
November 7, 2007
[JURIST] The government of Nigeria [JURIST news archive] filed a lawsuit [BBC report] in a Nigerian federal court Wednesday against local tobacco producer International Tobacco Company, Ltd. and international tobacco producers British American Tobacco (BAT) and Philip Morris International.... [more]
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