Posts Tagged ‘Umaru Yar Adua’

Christian – Muslim Warfare Breaks Out In Nigeria

Up To 300 Feared Dead In Central Nigeria Clashes — Reuters

(Reuters) – Nigeria’s acting president Sunday ordered the security forces to hunt down those behind clashes involving Muslim herders and Christian villagers in which more than 300 people may have been killed.

The latest unrest in Nigeria’s central Plateau state comes at a difficult time, with acting leader Goodluck Jonathan trying to assert his authority while ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua remains too sick to govern the oil-producing nation.

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More News On Nigeria’s Sectarian War

Scores hacked to death in Nigerian sectarian clash — The Guardian
Nigeria: More than 200 dead in religious violence — AP
Scores dead in religious clashes in Nigeria — The Telegraph
Clashes Kill Dozens in Central Nigeria — New York Times
Central Nigeria on red alert after over 100 killed — AFP
At Least 120 Dead in Violence Near Nigerian City of Jos – -Voice of America

Nigeria’s President Returns Home

Goodluck Jonathan, left, acting President of Nigeria, is thought to have been caught unawares by the return of the Nigerian leader Omaru Yar’Adua.

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Nigeria’s Ceasefire With Oil Delta Rebels Have Broken Down

This 2008 photo shows fighters of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND). The armed Nigerian group announced it is calling off its unilateral ceasefire decreed on October 25 in the country’s vital oil-producing southern region.

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Nigeria’s Political Crisis Continues

Nigeria’s President Umaru Yar’adua attends a Muslim prayer session in Abuja, Nigeria on September 29, 2009. Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters/File

Is Nigerian President Yar’Adua Dead?

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Nigeria’s President Is Incapable Of Governing Due To Illness — Crisis Fears Are Escalating

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua (Photo from Foreign Policy)

It’s Over For Nigerian President Yar’Adua — NEXT

President Umaru Yar’Adua is seriously brain damaged, is not able to recognise anyone, including his wife Turai, and can no longer perform the functions of the office of the president, according to multiple sources who have spoken to NEXT on Sunday.

But this fact, which has left a nation of 150 million people rudderless and its government in disarray, is being concealed from the public through an elaborate scam orchestrated directly and energetically by the First Lady.

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More News On Nigeria

Nigeria may plunge into crisis — NEXT
Nigerian lawmakers to discuss Yar’Adua’s illness — AFP
Nigerian House to take up president’s absence — Washington Post
Crisis in Nigeria as president drops out of view — The Guardian
Is Nigeria’s president still alive? — Foreign Policy

Nigerian oil pipeline targeted by militants — Scotland on Sunday
Nigeria: Chevron pipeline attacked in Niger Delta — Business Week
UPDATE:Chevron Confirms Nigeria Pipe Breach — CNN
Chevron cuts back Nigeria oil flow after attack – Reuters
Ex-MEND Commander Insists on Resource Control — This Day Online

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