ABUJA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliament recognised Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting head of state on Tuesday in the absence of the African oil producer's ailing president. But the move takes Nigeria into uncharted political territory and
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ABUJA (AFP) Nigeria's parliament on Tuesday voted to suspend ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua and hand power to his deputy until he is well enough to resume. Both houses of the national assembly voted by consensus to install Vice President Goodluck
Dozens of people due to fly to Nigeria this past weekend were unable to obtain visas because the embassy in Johannesburg apparently ran out of visa stickers. On Friday at least 200 people, many of them with business appointments in Nigeria, crowded
Nigeria's Senate has passed a motion on Tuesday to empower Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting president in the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua. The decision came after the long absence of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has generated
Nigeria's Senate has passed a motion on Tuesday to empower Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as acting president in the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua, according to agencies' reports. "The Vice President Dr Goodluck Ebere Jonathan shall henceforth
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It is more than two months now that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria went on Away Without Leave (AWOL ) to far away Saudi Arabia in search of remedies to his acute health problems. It is a sad tale with a sour taste in the mouth that the
AP - Parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to take over for the ill president of oil-rich Nigeria, whose absence has stoked unrest in Africa's most populous country.
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to take over for the ill president of oil-rich Nigeria, whose absence has stoked unrest in Africa's most populous country. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate
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