Nigeria's Kano State and US drugs firm Pfizer have agreed to settle a multi-million dollar lawsuit out of court, lawyers for both sides say. Pfizer has been accused of killing 11 children and injuring 181 others when an antibiotic was tested on them during a meningitis epidemic in 1996. The company denies the claims, saying they were victims of the outbreak. The Kano State lawyer told the BBC compensation would be paid to victims, but figures could not yet be disclosed. Barrister Aliyu Umar said money would also be given to a local hospital.
Pfizer is accused of murdering 11 children.