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20 May 2011, 9:00 am
Government finance - The Nigerian House of Representatives approved the Sovereign Investment Authority Bill (Nigerian House of Representatives website (last visited May 17, 2011), which the upper house had passed on May 11, 2011, bringing the legislation one... [read post]
14 Oct 2022, 2:09 pm
Sankey, a panel of three judges unanimously discharged all charges of terrorism brought against Kanu by the Nigerian government. [read post]
27 Jul 2011, 9:06 am
The court ordered the US Embassy and the Federal Government to perfect his travel arrangement and ensure his extradition within 15 days. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 5:25 am
[JURIST] Accused Nigerian rebel leader Henry Okah was released on Monday after the government dropped treason and gun trafficking charges against him. [read post]
20 Jul 2007, 3:23 pm
A Nigerian government lawyer told AP that the fraud charge was added after recently uncovered [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 5:09 am
The government sought to observe the proceedings [Bloomberg report] in order to guarantee that Nigerian-born Abdulmutallab receives a fair trial and that the reputation of Nigeria is protected.... [read post]
26 Jun 2007, 1:05 pm
[JURIST] A Nigerian court Tuesday dismissed a request by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer [corporate website] to throw out a $7 billion lawsuit [BBC backgrounder] filed by the Nigerian government over a drug experiment conducted in the 1990s that allegedly killed or disabled children. [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 8:17 am
In the very recent case of Sarki v Sarki & Ors,[1] the Nigerian Court of Appeal considered the issue of what court had territorial jurisdiction in a matter of succession and administration of estate of a deceased person’s property under Nigerian conflict of laws dealing with inter-state matters. [read post]
16 Aug 2007, 7:18 am
AMIT VARMA LOOKS AT THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT, and thinks he's living inside a Nigerian scam email. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 8:45 am
While the court’s decision prevents the Nigerian government from prosecuting and targeting individuals for their use of Twitter, it refused to order the Nigerian government to lift the suspension on the use of Twitter, pending its determination of the substantive suit. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 8:47 am
The Nigerian government has announced a suit against 3 major tobacco companies, claiming that they are directly and intentionally targetting Nigerian children in their cigarette ad campaigns. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 8:00 am
ECOWAS communications director Sonny Ugoh said the joint team will meet government officials, the opposition and other stakeholders to resolve their differences before next week’s vote. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 8:00 am
ECOWAS communications director Sonny Ugoh said the joint team will meet government officials, the opposition and other stakeholders to resolve their differences before next week’s vote. [read post]
24 Sep 2012, 2:49 pm
The Nigerian government and the State's largest carrier have, at least for now, resolved whatever disagreements led to the grounding of aircraft last week. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 8:29 am
The daily has reported about an alleged letter containing the purportedly forged signature of Sepp Blatter, president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).The AP reported that the Nigerian government's harassment of journalists is commonplace. [read post]
14 Dec 2020, 7:00 am
Is there a way to overcome the Nigerian visa ban and receive a CR-1 visa? [read post]
19 Oct 2006, 12:14 am
[JURIST] Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo [official website; BBC profile] Thursday declared a state of emergency in the Nigerian state of Ekiti [government website] after Governor Ayodele Fayose was impeached by state lawmakers earlier this week following his conviction for corruption charges. [read post]
28 Jul 2009, 2:25 am
The Kano government had filed a lawsuit [BBC backgrounder] against Pfizer in 2007, accusing the company of administering meningitis medication to 200 Nigerian children, including 100 with the [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 8:37 am
[JURIST] Judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] on Friday upheld [opinion, PDF] a verdict in favor of Royal Dutch Shell PLC [corporate website] in a case brought by families of Nigerian protesters who were executed [UNHCR backgrounder] by the previous Nigerian government in 1995 for speaking out against the oil company. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 8:09 am
The national government and the state of Kano filed separate lawsuits [BBC backgrounder] against Pfizer in 2007, accusing the company of administering meningitis medication to 200 Nigerian children, [read post]
