Nigerian governor says all four wives are first lady
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A Nigerian state governor has declined to resolve a row between his four wives over who is the official first lady, arguing that they can all take on the role, Nigerian newspapers reported on Wednesday.
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Lifestyle: 17 December 2004, Friday. Several months after the crown of Mrs Globe 2004 ornated the head of Rumiana Marinova of Bulgaria the President of Mrs Globe came on her first visit in the Balkan country.
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Nigeria's governing party chooses a relatively unknown Muslim governor as its candidate for next April's polls.
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Vice President Joyce Mujuru, the first woman appointed to the post, spent her first day as acting president yesterday while President Robert Mugabe took his vacation, state radio said.
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Kenya's first lady slapped an official after he introduced her using the name of President Mwai Kibaki's second - and unacknowledged - wife
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Cherie Booth Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, will speak at Samford University on March first.
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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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Nigeria's ruling party on Sunday chose a  reclusive Muslim state governor, Umaru Yar'Adua, to be its  candidate to succeed Olusegun Obasanjo as president of Africa's  most populous nation in elections next year.
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The governing party suspended gubernatorial primaries in at least two of Nigeria's 36 states on Saturday following candidate protests and violent clashes in the West African country, government officials said.
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Nigeria's ex-military ruler Gen Babangida, a leading candidate in next year's polls, says he is proud of his time in office.
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Almost all state governers are being investigated for corruption, Nigeria's anti-graft agency head says.
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The Nigerian government for the first time Thursday publicly disclosed a foiled coup plot, charging four military officers and a civilian with conspiring to topple the government by shooting down a helicopter carrying President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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A Nigerian state official confirms that at least seven people have been executed, despite earlier denials.
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Nigeria's ex-military ruler Gen Babangida, a top candidate in next year's polls, says he is proud of his time in office.
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U.S. first lady Laura Bush began a four-nation tour of Africa in Senegal's capital Dakar on Tuesday, pledging Washington's support in improving education and combating AIDS on the world's poorest continent.
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ZIMBABWE&#39;S ruling party today elected long-time cabinet minister Joyce Mujuru as the country&#39;s first woman vice-president.
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Mosadi Seboko has become the first female paramount chief in Botswana after overcoming efforts to keep the chiefdom a patriarchy.