61.   The army has massacred hundreds of civilians with impunity and the respected justice minister, Bola Ige, was assassinated in December.

62.   The fact that he had not been convicted by any court of law did not appear to worry the justice minister.

63.   The European Commission, said Thursday that the text agreed by justice ministers is a compromise solution, addressing the concerns of consumers and online companies alike.

64.   The first step is naming a respected justice minister.

65.   The inquiry has been repeatedly sidetracked by disputes and scandals that have forced the resignations of a justice minister, a police chief and other officials.

66.   The justice minister has asked for a report on the case.

67.   The justice minister was traveling at the time the scandal broke.

68.   The justice minister allows foreign journalists to go into the prisons far more readily than does his counterpart in some democratic countries.

69.   The justice minister sits in his fifth-floor office surrounded by debris.

70.   The justice minister, Elliott Lawson, said his office would try to help, but he said he was not sure exactly what he could do.