Topic: Umaru Yar'Adua

Katsina State House of Assembly has been urged to bail out higher institutions in the state from financial predicaments bedevilling them.. . The...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday told the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee probing the...

High hopes as Nigeria's Jonathan sworn in

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan begins his first full term at the helm of Africa's most populous nation on Sunday with expectations running high that he will push ahead with reforms and try to heal regional rifts.Heads of state ...

Illegal Nigerian oil trade blamed on corruption

0 . . Politicians and military leaders - not militants - are responsible for the majority of oil thefts in Nigeria's crude-rich southern delta...
Nigeria made final preparations Friday on the eve of a landmark presidential election, with incumbent Goodluck Jonathan favoured to win after opposition parties failed to unite against him.Africa's most populous nation will be attempting to hold its cleanest election for ...

Muslim vote powerful in Nigerian presidential poll

0 . The body of late President Umaru Yar'Adua is in an unmarked grave in this northern city, buried in the sandy soil along with many voters' hopes ...

Nigerian president launches election campaign

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan was to launch his campaign on Monday in the ancient central city of Lafia ahead of the April 9 election.Jonathan is favoured to win the election in Africa's largest oil producer after defeating a challenge from ...
Nigeria's leadership was in total confusion over who was in charge early this year with then-president Umaru Yar'Adua thought to be in a "semi-comatose state," a leaked diplomatic cable showed Thursday.The cable, obtained by WikiLeaks and dated February 26 ...
Nigeria's leadership was in total confusion over who was in charge early this year with then-president Umaru Yar'Adua thought to be in a "semi-comatose state," a leaked diplomatic cable showed Thursday.The cable, dated February 26, 2010, reported on a ...
Leaked US diplomatic cable suggests late Nigerian president 'comatose' before his deathNigeria's late President Umaru Yar'Adua was "in a semi-comatose state" as his oil-rich nation teetered on the edge of a constitutional crisis in February over his illness, according to ...