Nigeria court sentences former state governor for corruption, money laundering
A Nigerian court sentenced former state governor Dieprieye Alamieyeseigha Thursday to a total of 12 years in prison after Alamieyeseigha pleaded guilty to six counts of corruption and money laundering. Alamieyeseigha, who governed the oil-rich Bayelsa state...
Twenty-five judicial officials were removed from their offices in the Lagos State Judiciary in Nigeria Monday following allegations of corruption and bribery. State Attorney General Oluyemi Osinbajo announced the firings of 22 magistrates and...
Nigeria opposition groups allege fraud in presidential election
The two major opposition parties in Nigeria and an election watch group on Sunday challenged the legitimacy of the country's Saturday presidential elections, reporting voting delays and potential ballot-rigging in favor of the People's Democratic Party...
Nigeria high court overturns ruling disqualifying VP from presidential race
The Supreme Court of Nigeria ruled unanimously Monday that Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar should not have been barred from running in the country's April 21 presidential election by the Independent National...
Nigeria appeals court allows VP disqualification from presidential race
The Nigerian Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has the right to disqualify presidential candidates for fraud, thus barring Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar from running...
A Nigerian senate committee indicted President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar Wednesday on corruption charges for diverting public money to private interests. In February, a senate panel indicted Abubakar on...
Nigeria VP sues election board to run in presidential election
Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar filed a lawsuit Friday against the Nigerian electoral commission after it issued a ruling Thursday prohibiting him from running in the upcoming April presidential. The commission cited...
Nigeria VP cleared to run in election despite corruption indictment
A Nigerian court held Wednesday that Vice President Atiku Abubakar can run in next month's presidential election, throwing out a decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ban Abubakar after...
A senate panel in Nigeria Tuesday indicted Vice President Atiku Abubakar on corruption charges stemming from the alleged diversion of $145 million dollars of public money to private interests, as well as...
Nigerian officials announced Tuesday the creation of an election tribunal to preside over disputes and complaints arising from the nation's general elections to be held in April 2007 . As Idris Kutigi, chief justice of the Nigerian Supreme...
