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Nigeria: Obasanjo: Jonathan"s Inability to See Yar"Adua Bizarre
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has described the inability of the Acting President Jonathan Goodluck to see President Umaru Yar"Adua since he returned from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia as bizarre.“I think the entire Mr. Yar"Adua saga is strange. I think the entire issue of Yar-Adua"s illness and the way it ...

Read Story at ThisDay (2010-03-10)

Kenya: Jonathan"s inability to see his boss bizarre: Obasanjo
ABUJA, ThursdayFormer president Olusegun Obasanjo has described the inability of the Acting President Jonathan Goodluck to see President Umaru Yar"Adua since he returned from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia as bizarre. "I think the entire Mr Yar"Adua saga is strange. ""I think the entire issue of Yar-Adua"s illness and the ...

Read Story at Daily Nation (2010-03-11)

Kenya: New leader set to name his deputy next week
ABUJA, Friday Related Stories Yar"Adua"s funeral draws large crowds Lobbying to be Jonathan"s vice-president intensifies Nigeria"s Jonathan flies to US on first trip abroad Acting leader yet to see Yar"Adua Nigeria President Yar"Adua dies Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to nominate his deputy ...

Read Story at Daily Nation (2010-05-07)

Kenya: Yar"Adua"s funeral draws large crowds
KATSINA, Nigeria, Friday Related Stories New leader set to name his deputy next week Lobbying to be Jonathan"s vice-president intensifies Nigeria"s Jonathan flies to US on first trip abroad Acting leader yet to see Yar"Adua Nigeria President Yar"Adua dies Thousands of mourners attended the ...

Read Story at Daily Nation (2010-05-07)

Nigeria: Nigeria"s Goodluck Jonathan "is acting president"
Nigeria"s deputy leader Goodluck Jonathan is still the country"s acting president while Umaru Yar"Adua is sick, the information minister has said.Dora Akunyili was speaking amid confusion about who wields power in Nigeria after President Yar"Adua unexpectedly returned home. The president"s office quickly backed Mr Jonathan"s position. Earlier an official statement ...

Read Story at BBC News (2010-02-25)

Nigeria: Nigeria leader Goodluck Jonathan dissolves cabinet
Nigeria"s acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has dissolved the country"s cabinet.Mr Jonathan became acting president in February amid the continuing illness of President Umaru Yar"Adua. Mr Yar"Adua went to Saudi Arabia for treatment in November last year and, despite returning to Nigeria recently, has not been seen in public. The cabinet ...

Read Story at BBC News (2010-03-17)

Kenya: Nigeria swears in chief justice and sparks legal questions
ABUJA, Wednesday Related Stories Obasanjo joins bid to pick Nigeria"s new vice president Nigerian VP says he will not resign over Yar"Adua"s illness Plane attack adds pressure on sick Nigeria president Illness does not mean end of Yar"Adua"s term Lawyer sues over Yar"Adua absence ...

Read Story at Daily Nation (2009-12-30)

Nigeria: Jonathan sworn in as Nigerians mourn Yar"Adua
Nigeria"s Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in on Thursday as president of the oil-rich African nation, hours after the death of the incumbent Umaru Yar"Adua. Jonathan, 52, took the oath of office before Chief Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu at a brief ceremony in the presidential palace, where Yar"Adua died late on ...

Read Story at IndependentOnline (2010-05-07)

Nigeria: Jonathan sworn in as Nigerians mourn Yar"Adua
Nigeria"s Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in on Thursday as president of the oil-rich African nation, hours after the death of the incumbent Umaru Yar"Adua. Jonathan, 52, took the oath of office before Chief Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu at a brief ceremony in the presidential palace, where Yar"Adua died late on ...

Read Story at IndependentOnline (2010-05-07)

Nigeria: Ex-Reps: Yar"Adua/Jonathan Ticket Inseparable
As indications emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan may declare for the 2011 Presidential elections in September, Third Republic House of Representatives members yesterday in Abuja said contrary to the belief of some groups that the Yar"Adua ticket must be filled by a fellow northerner, the Yar"Adua/Jonathan ticket remains inseparable.Addressing the ...

Read Story at ThisDay (2010-08-25)


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