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Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, condemns US pastor's threat to burn..
The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, commented on threats by a pastor in Florida, USA to burn copies of the Qur'an on September 11, 2010, (the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks)
Sect gun battle at Nigeria prison
Gunmen launched a massive attack on Tuesday night against a northern Nigerian prison holding suspected members of a radical Muslim sect, authorities said.
Curfew on motorcycle riders after 'mysterious' killings
The authorities in Nigeria's northern state of Borno have imposed a 6pm to 7am curfew on the movement of motorcyle taxis in the state, following a spate of mysterious killings by bike riders in the state, the local press reported Tuesday.
Nigerian president returns from Saudi hospital
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua arrived back in Abuja on Wednesday after three months in a Saudi Arabian hospital, renewing uncertainty over the leadership of Africa's most populous nation.
Nigerian MPs return without seeing Yar’Adua
Nigerian MPs who travelled to Saudi Arabia to meet President Umaru Yar’Adua returned home after a week without being able to see the ailing leader, reports said today.
Nigeria's New Acting President Calls for Unity
Nigeria's new acting president is calling for unity ten weeks after the nation's elected leader left the country for medical treatment. Lawmakers Tuesday made Vice President Goodluck Jonathan Nigeria's acting leader.
Nigerians in diaspora write to Saudi king over Yar’Adua
There is a thick cloud of uncertainty over the claim that ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua had telephone conversations with key officials of his administration from his sick bed in a Saudi Arabian hospital.
Former Nigerian leader, Ibrahim Babangida buries wife
Former Nigerian First Lady, Mrs Maryam Babangida, was buried in the early hours of this morning beside the mosque at the family compound, Minna, Niger State.
