By admin on May 6, 2010
Presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi told The Associated Press that Yar’Adua died at 9 p.m. (2000 GMT) Wednesday at the Aso Rock presidential villa. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan had assumed the presidency Feb. 9.
Source: washingtonpost.com
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Posted in Nigerian News, Nigerian politics | Tagged associated press, umaru yar adua
By admin on March 17, 2010
Fresh religious fighting reported in central Nigerian village, region where hundreds have died
JOS, Nigeria – Officials say people are fleeing a central Nigerian village after reports that fighting took place overnight, only a week after violence in the area left more than 200 people dead.
Posted in Nigerian News | Tagged associated press, Jos crisis, Jos nigeria
By admin on March 12, 2010
With names largely drawn from Nigeria and Yemen, the United States government is said to have nearly doubled the number of individuals who are now on the no-fly-list since the last Christmas Day terror attempt, by Nigerian terror suspect, Umar Abdulmutallab, Empowered Newswire reports.
Posted in Nigerian Business News | Tagged associated press, barack obama, visa applications
By admin on March 11, 2010
JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers opened fire on a crowd after curfew and killed two people, witnesses said Wednesday, just days after more than 200 people including dozens of children were slaughtered in several mostly Christian villages nearby.
Hundreds of people swarmed the streets of Jos on Wednesday morning, where one truck’s windshield was a spider web of bullet holes with the word “rejoice” scrawled on it.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged associated press
By admin on March 5, 2010
LAGOS, Nigeria – Militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta announced Thursday they had attacked a major pipeline junction run by the Italian firm Agip, only days after claiming responsibility for another attack in the region.
A statement by the Joint Revolutionary Council claimed its fighters launched an assault early Wednesday morning on an Agip pipeline junction that connects several crude oil storage fields. However, Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha, a military spokesman for the region, dismissed the attack claims as “completely false.”
Posted in Nigerian Business News | Tagged acting president, associated press, goodluck jonathan, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta, niger delta
