Nigeria’s Acting President Takes Control of Energy Ministry

Angered by the continued electricity generation and distribution problem that had crippled the country’s economy, Nigeria’s Acting Goodluck Jonathan has taken charge of the Ministry of Power. The Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the...

Nigerian Vice President Denies Being Under Pressure to Resign

The hospitalization of Nigeria’s President Umaru Yar’adua in a Saudi Arabia hospital for acute pericarditis has given rise to various newspaper reports and speculations on his health and succession rules in case he is unable to continue in office. Nigeria’s...