Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s acting president, has been sworn in as the country’s new leader following the death of Umaru Yar’Adua.
Jonathan took the oath of office at a ceremony in the capital, Abuja, on Thursday, just hours after officials announced the death of Yar’Adua following a long illness.
Yar’Adua will be buried in his northern home state [...]
Nigeria’s acting president has sacked his entire cabinet almost a month after parliament empowered him to run Africa’s most populous country.
A terse statement released on Wednesday by Dora Akunyili, the information minister, said Goodluck Jonathan will soon announce a new cabinet.
“He did not give us any reason for the dissolution of the cabinet. Permanent secretaries [...]
Nigerians are burying victims of a massacre of predominantly Christian villagers near the central city of Jos, blamed on a Muslim group.
The burials in mass graves using mechanical excavators follow Sunday’s attack on three villages that left more than 500 people dead.
Residents of the village of Dogo Nahawa, about 15km south of Jos, said herders [...]
Nigeria’s acting president has ordered security forces to hunt down those behind an attack near the central city of Jos that left more than 200 people dead.
Security officials – facing criticism for failing to prevent another outburst of sectarian violence only weeks after hundreds died in Muslim-Christian clashes – said they had arrested scores of [...]
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