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Nigeria's VP takes over from ailing president

AFP - Yesterday, 09:57 pm

ABUJA (AFP) - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan took office as acting head-of-state on Tuesday after parliament voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over until he is well enough to return. More »

Nigeria's VP accepts acting presidency
AFP - Yesterday, 09:21 pm
ABUJA (AFP) - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday accepted the post of acting president while the country's head of state, President Umaru Yar'Adua, receives treatment abroad for a heart problem. More »
Nigerian vote against absent president heightens turmoil
AFP - Yesterday, 07:55 pm
ABUJA (AFP) - The two houses of Nigeria's national assembly on Tuesday voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over power to his deputy until he is well enough to return. More »
Nigerian parliament votes to suspend ailing president
AFP - Yesterday, 04:58 pm
ABUJA (AFP) - The two houses of Nigeria's national assembly on Tuesday voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over power to his deputy until he is well enough to return. More »
Nigerian senate votes to suspend ailing president
AFP - Yesterday, 12:58 pm
ABUJA (AFP) - 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. More »
Nigerian minister calls for ill president to transfer powers
AFP - Thursday, February 4 07:55 pm
LAGOS (AFP) - A Nigerian minister has called on ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to transfer power, a senior official said Thursday, in the first sign of a cabinet split over his prolonged absence from the country. More »
Nigeria's sick, absent president urged to transfer power
AFP - Thursday, February 4 03:44 pm
LAGOS (AFP) - A Nigerian minister has called on ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to transfer power, a senior official said Thursday, in the first sign of a cabinet split over his prolonged absence from the country. More »
Nigeria minister calls on ill president
AFP - Thursday, February 4 11:05 am
LAGOS (AFP) - Nigeria's information minister has called on ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to transfer power, a senior official said Thursday, in the first sign of a cabinet split over his prolonged absence from the country. More »
Court weighs charging Sudan's Beshir with genocide
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 04:17 pm
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Genocide charges could be added to the list facing Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir after a war crimes court on Wednesday ordered a review of his arrest warrant for alleged atrocities in Darfur. More »
ICC to review absence of genocide on Beshir warrant
AFP - Wednesday, February 3 02:40 pm
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Genocide charges could be added to the list facing Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir after a war crimes court Wednesday ordered a review of his arrest warrant for alleged atrocities in Darfur. More »