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Nigeria’s president Yar’Adua joins his ancestors…. USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com correspondents in Nigeria can confirm that Nigeria’s severely ill president Umar Yar’Adua has died this night (May 5, 2010, around 9pm Nigerian time). The late president’s spokesperson has also officially confirmed the transition, adding Mrs. Yar’Adua was besides him. He will be buried Thursday. His illness [...]
Former Nigerian military ruler to run for president By Felix Onuah. Nigeria’s former military leader Ibrahim Babangida is planning a political comeback by running for president nearly 25 years after he first came to power in a bloodless coup, his spokesman said on Monday. Babangida, 68, seized power in the OPEC member state in August [...]
Nigeria’s acting President meets Obama, others on security, nuclear issues inn Washington DC Special to USAfricaonline.com Nigeria’s acting president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, arrived Sunday in the U.S. for a four-day official working visit during which he will participate in the international Nuclear Security Summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama, according to a statement [...]
Nigeria’s new ministers get posts; Aganga gets Finance; Akunyili keeps Info; NNPC’s oil chief Barkindo fired…. By Bashir Adigun (AP). April 6, 2010, ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s acting president has sacked the head of the nation’s national oil company. A spokesman for Acting President Goodluck Jonathan gave no explanation for Tuesday’s decision to fire Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo [...]
It’s now Jonathan’s ball, as Nigeria’s Senate approves new cabinet Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine and e-group Nigeria360 USAfrica, Abuja: Some new personalities as well as old ones have been approved by the Senate to fill positions in the gradual reorganization of the ministerial and administrative structure of Nigeria’s federal cabinet, as proposed by Acting President Goodluck [...]
After Ghaddafi’s call for dividing Nigeria into Christian and Muslim republics, Abuja recalls ambassador; Nigerians debate issue Special to USAfricaonline.com Nigeria on Thursday recalled its ambassador from Libya over a diplomatic row caused by controversial Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi’s comments made earlier in the week that Nigeria should be divided into a Christian and a [...]
Special to USAfrica The power play in Nigeria has added another layer, today Wednesday March 17, 2010, with Nigeria’s Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolving the cabinet he inherited from the frail President Umar Yar’Adua. USAfricaonline.com correspondents inside Nigeria say that the continuing calls for this move as a way for him to assert his authority [...]
USAfrica Flashpoint Nigeria: More killings of christians by muslims in Jos….13 dead today USAfricaonline.com wt agency reports The crises in Nigeria’s middle belt are continuing with more killings of christians by Fulani muslims, as reported by local authorities, eye-witnesses, local and international media. At least 13 persons have been killed by armed Fulani herdsmen near [...]
Two (persons) were injured and windows were blown out of the meeting room in an attack that was heard on live TV. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, warned that the bombings in Warri are part of a new wave of attacks coming to Delta state, which remains deeply impoverished despite its oil wealth.
In the likeness of Obama, Donald Duke’s message of change connects with Nigerians at home and abroad. By Chido Nwangwu, USAfricaonline.com http://www.USAfricaonline.com/donaldduke-obama-nigeria-chido USAfrica, March 10, 2010: Donald Duke, the charismatic former Governor of the Cross River State of Nigeria, will speak in the 4th largest city in the U.S., Houston, Texas, on Friday March 12, [...]
Clinton says Nigeria must bring killers of Christians to justice. Special to USAfricaonline.com (AFP) Washington DC— US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Nigeria to find and punish those responsible for the killings of more than 500 Christians in a wave of sectarian slaughter.“We continue to urge all parties to exercise restraint,” Clinton [...]
“The Acting President has placed all the security forces in Plateau and neighbouring states on red alert so as to stem any cross-border dimensions to this latest conflict,” Jonathan’s office said in a statement on Sunday March 7, 2010
“I saw him the day before yesterday … He’s really feeling better now,” Nigeria’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Aminchi told AFP.
Aminchi confirmed that a delegation of senior legislators were not allowed to see Yar’Adua earlier this month despite coming to Jeddah on a mission to gauge the health of the 58-year-old president, who checked into King Faisal Specialist Hospital on November 23 for an acute heart condition.
A group of Nigerian lawmakers who tried to visit Yar’Adua (in Saudi Arabia) to determine his state of health returned at the weekend after five days without seeing him.
“The events of the recent past have put to the test our collective resolve as a democratic nation…. We have all shown that our unity as a people, our love for this country, and our hope for its great future cannot be shaken”, said VP Jonathan in a tv address to Nigerians,
NEWS: Yar’Adua should resign, handover to VP: some politicians, activists demand; some signatories deny statement By Obinwa Nnaji in Lagos, USAfrica Executive Editor (Nigeria) and Chido Nwangwu —– USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com (characterized by The New York Times as the most influential African-owned, U.S-based multimedia networks) established May 1992, our first edition of USAfrica magazine was [...]
