Lawyers

• Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Accused of Exaggerating Military's Success Against Boko Haram

  Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly overstated the losses of Boko Haram. He is being accused by the officials in northern Nigeria.

• Legal practitioners push implementation of Nigerian law protecting whistleblowers to eliminate corruption

  Legal practitioners in Nigeria are lobbying the passage of a law that will protect whistleblowers to encourage their participation in the country's legal system.

• Nigerian President Orders New Investigations on Chibok Schoolgirls Kidnapping

  Despite lack of progress in the search for the missing schoolgirls, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered new investigations in hopes that this time, they would be able to rescue the girls.

• Nigerian minister says $6.8B of public funds stolen in seven years

  Nigerian Minister claims that fifty-five government officials and businessmen stole public funds costing 1.34 trillion naira (US$6.8 billion) over a period of seven years.

• Hollande says French air strikes will be needed in Syria

  President Francois Hollande said on Monday that French air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria would be necessary.

• Nigeria's president must prosecute crimes by rebels, army: U.N.

  The United Nations' top human rights official called on Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday to investigate reports of horrifying crimes by Boko Haram Islamist rebels and alleged abuses by the military.

• New Nigerian president seeks to crush 'godless' Boko Haram

  New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Friday to eradicate the "mindless, godless" militants of Boko Haram and rescue hundreds of women and children held captive, including 200 girls taken from the town of Chibok a year ago.

• Nigeria election results due to start trickling in

  Results from Nigeria's elections, potentially the closest since the end of military rule in 1999, were due to start trickling in on Monday after a weekend vote marred by confusion, arguments and occasional violence.

• Nigeria postpones Feb. 14 presidential election to March 28: INEC

  Nigeria's electoral commission says it is postponing the Feb. 14 presidential election until March 28 due to security concerns, caving in to pressure from the ruling People's Democratic Party in a move likely to enrage the opposition.

• Anatomy of Nigeria’s $20 billion 'leak'

  In late 2013, Nigeria's then central bank governor Lamido Sanusi wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan claiming that the state oil company had failed to remit tens of billions of oil revenues it owed the state.