Halliburton agrees to pay $35 mln in Nigeria graft case 21 Dec 2010 US oil services group Halliburton agreed to pay Nigeria 35 million dollars to settle a bribery dispute which led to charges being filed against former US vice president [sic] Dick Cheney, it said Tuesday. Nigeria had on December 7 filed an indictment against nine people and entities, including Cheney, who was head of Halliburton before becoming vice president after 2000 'elections.'