Nigerian frontrunner 'will stand'
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Nigeria's ruling party presidential candidate, Umaru Yar'Adua, tells the BBC he is well enough to run in April's polls.
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Umaru Yar'Adua took office as president of Nigeria on Tuesday promising to tackle a catalogue of crises in Africa's most populous nation and conceding that his own election was "not perfect".
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Delegates of Nigeria's ruling party gather in Abuja to pick a candidate to stand in next year's presidential poll.
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Â· Kibaki put on defensive by Odinga's yes to mediation  Â· African Union head due to arrive to help end turmoil
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The chief of Nigeria's main labor organization vowed that a four-day nationwide strike to protest fuel price hikes will go ahead Monday as planned, and accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of shunning dialogue to resolve union grievances.
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A Nigerian court on Monday rejected a  legal challenge by the country's main opposition leader against  the landslide victory of President Olusegun Obasanjo in last  year's presidential elections.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 3--The Nigerian government's most prominent corruption fighter, Nuhu Ribadu, plans to resign Thursday under pressure from top politicians, including President Umaru Yar'adua, according to a senior official in Ribadu's agency.
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Nigeria's most prominent oil militant leader tells the vice-president he will try to help end violence in the Niger Delta.
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Nigeria's main opposition party says it will join newly elected President Umaru Yar'Adua's government.
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Nigeria's oil militants say they are ready for dialogue with the new president, if certain conditions are met.
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A Nigerian court on Monday rejected a legal challenge by the country's main opposition leader against the landslide victory of President Olusegun Obasanjo in last year's presidential elections.
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President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday made his first public appearance after his arrest on Saturday by men of the State Security Service (SSS) and vowed that today&#39;s nationwide strike would continue as scheduled.
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JOHANNESBURG, May 29 -- New Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua vowed in his inaugural address Tuesday to work urgently to quell rising violence in the volatile Niger Delta, a major source of oil exports to the United States.
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Nigerian rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo Asari assured his arch rival in the battle for the control of oil resources in the Niger Delta, Ateke Tom that he was ready to make peace.
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Umaru Yar'Adua will be sworn in as Nigeria's new president, after the outgoing head made a final speech to the nation.
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New Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua will urgently address the crisis in the oil-producing Niger Delta, he said in an inaugural address on Tuesday, appealing to armed groups in the region for an end to violence.
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A militia leader who had threatened an offensive on Nigeria&#39;s oil industry now says he has no problem with oil companies - provided the government meets his demands and sticks to its agreement.