Buhari has been ill for most of this year, drastically cutting back his official schedule. This was one event he could not afford to miss
Nigeria votes for a president on Saturday in what may be a historic moment for Africa’s most populous nation as it bids to end years of rigging.
The death of Nigeria’s president Umaru Yar’Adua jeopardises long-awaited reforms of the nation’s decrepit and corruption-ridden oil sector.
Nigeria’s Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as head of state on Thursday following the death of President Umaru Yar’Adua.
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua death has paved the way for the most hotly contested succession since the country’s return to democracy.
Nigeria president Umaru Yar’Adua has died, an official at his office confirmed late on Wednesday.
Nigeria’s citizens have taken to the internet to air the dirty laundry of ministerial nominees — sparking something that looks a lot like democracy.
Two explosions shook the state governor’s office in Nigeria’s southern oil city of Warri on Monday where amnesty talks were being held.
Nigeria’s powerful state governors pledged their support for Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, saying he should continue to lead.
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua arrived back in Abuja on Wednesday after three months in a Saudi Arabian hospital.
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/ 22 February 2010
Ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s doctors are refusing to allow visitors from Abuja to see him in his Jeddah hospital.
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/ 12 February 2010
Transfer of power to Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria’s acting president is the tonic needed to revive governance in the key oil producer, analysts say.
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/ 11 February 2010
The African Union on Thursday urged the military in coup-prone Nigeria to respect a decision to hand power to the country’s deputy leader.
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/ 10 February 2010
Nigeria’s Vice-President, Goodluck Jonathan, took office as acting head of state on Tuesday from ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua.
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/ 9 February 2010
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.
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/ 5 February 2010
A Nigerian minister has called on ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua to transfer power, a senior official said on Thursday.
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/ 28 January 2010
Nigeria’s Cabinet rallied around ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua on Wednesday, passing a resolution that he remains capable of holding office.
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/ 27 January 2010
Nigeria’s Senate said on Wednesday President Umaru Yar’Adua should formally notify Parliament about his absence in line with the Constitution.
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/ 25 January 2010
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has been in Saudi Arabia for two months receiving treatment for a heart condition.
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/ 23 January 2010
Mosque and government officials have pulled more bodies from wells and sewage pits in a village near the Nigerian city of Jos.
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/ 22 January 2010
Nigeria’s Cabinet will decide within 14 days whether President Umaru Yar’Adua is fit enough to govern after a two-month absence for medical treatment.
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/ 22 January 2010
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo says the country’s sick leader should follow the "path of honour" and resign if he is too ill to lead.
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/ 14 January 2010
Lawyers have petitioned a Nigerian court to install President Umaru Yar’Adua’s deputy as acting president until the leader returns from hospital.
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/ 12 January 2010
Nigeria’s president said he was recovering and hoped to return home in his first interview since going into hospital in Saudi Arabia seven weeks ago.
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/ 11 September 2008
Nigerian investigators have found evidence that oil exploration licences that should have brought in $120m in revenue, were illegally awarded in 2006.
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/ 11 September 2008
Nigeria President Umaru Yar’Adua lost no time in exerting his authority after he returned from hospital abroad by axing a top aide.