By admin on May 6, 2010
Nigerian president Umaru Yar’Adua has died, his office confirmed late on Wednesday.
“It is true that the president is dead,” an official at the office said.
Presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi said Yar’Adua had been ill for a long time and he had died at 9pm on Wednesday (0600 AEST, Thursday) at the Aso Rock presidential villa.
Posted in Nigerian News, Nigerian politics | Tagged goodluck jonathan, umaru yar adua
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 April 6, 2010
Nigeria’s acting president swore in a new Cabinet in the oil-rich nation on Tuesday, placing a former oil company employee in charge of the country’s petroleum ministry and an investment banker at the helm of its finances.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, Dora Akunyili, goodluck jonathan, national assembly, umaru yar adua
By admin on March 11, 2010
The Senate on Wednesday said it was not contemplating any impeachment proceedings against President Umaru Yar‘Adua.
Responding to a question while briefing journalists after the plenary session of the Senate, the Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Information and Media, Senator Anthony Manzo, said there was no need for impeachment because the situation in the country was stable, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged goodluck jonathan, national assembly, umaru yar adua
By admin on March 11, 2010
ABUJA – Thousands of Nigerians marched to the gates of the presidential villa on Wednesday to demand an end to the presidency of ailing leader Umaru Yar’Adua so Acting President Goodluck Jonathan can take over as head of state.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, head of state, niger delta, presidency, umaru yar adua
By admin on March 6, 2010
Since President Umaru Yar’Adua was sneaked out from the country for medical treatment on the 23rd of November last year, and “smuggled” back penultimate Wednesday night, his handlers have made him look like an oracle.
They, in turn, have assumed the positions High Priests through which he passes his esoteric messages to his confounded people.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged acting president, goodluck jonathan, umaru yar adua, vanguard news
By admin on March 5, 2010
The return of Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua three months after he left for a Saudi hospital might normally have beeen seen as a sign that a long spell of debilitating uncertainty was over.
But this was no ordinary return for a long absent president with an army band and a red carpet.
Posted in Nigerian politics | Tagged goodluck jonathan, niger delta, umaru yar adua
