Nigerian President Dies.

[Vidboy10]

Fifty-eight-year-old Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua died at his presidential villa on Wednesday, state TV has said.
A presidential aide and the information minister confirmed his death. Mr Yar'Adua, who became president in 2007, had been ill for some time.
The government announced seven days of national mourning and said the president would be buried on Thursday.
Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan - who became acting president in February - will be sworn in later, reports say.

US President Barack Obama led tributes from world leaders.
Mr Obama praised "President Yar'Adua's profound personal decency and integrity, his deep commitment to public service, and his passionate belief in the vast potential and bright future of Nigeria's 150 million people".

In November, Mr Yar'Adua went to a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for several months, during which time he was not heard from, apart from a BBC interview.
He told the BBC by telephone in January that he was recovering and hoped with "tremendous progress" to resume his duties.
A presidential spokesman said at the time that he was being treated for acute pericarditis, an inflammation of the lining around the heart.
His long absence and the lack of detailed information about his health led to a political limbo in Nigeria that was only filled when Mr Jonathan was named acting president.
Mr Yar'Adua returned to Nigeria later in February, but Mr Jonathan remained as acting president.
There had been tension between the two men's supporters and in March Mr Jonathan dissolved the cabinet and later put his own team in place.
According to Nigeria's constitution, Mr Jonathan is to choose a deputy with whom he will serve out the remainder of the presidential term until elections, which were due next year.
Quiet man
Mr Yar'Adua's election in 2007 marked the first transfer of power from one civilian president to another since Nigeria's independence in 1960.

He came to power promising a long list of reforms, including tackling corruption and reforming the inadequate power sector and the flawed electoral system.
He made progress in banking reforms, but analysts say he made the most progress of his tenure in tackling the unrest in the oil-rich Niger Delta, by offering an amnesty to rebels.
The BBC's Caroline Duffield, in Jos, central Nigeria, says President Yar'Adua will be fondly remembered as a quiet and softly-spoken man whose integrity was respected.
But in his last months, it was clear he was too ill to take decisions himself.
His family and closest political advisers had faced severe criticism and were accused of using him to hold on to power, says our correspondent.

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[Deleted-171178]

That's weird, I just got an email telling me I inherited 86 million Ughandan Dollars.

 

[prowler]

Wasn't the guy from Undercover Princess on BBC Three pretending to be a Nigerian Prince?

... Yes, I watched it.

86 million Ughandan Dollars.

 

[Deleted-171178]

 

[zuron7]

VidBoy is BBCtemp


Now that he died there will be more elections.Then there will be more campaigning(with some corruption).Then there will be more News.
Seriously, when will this world ever live in peace.
I petition for the end of the governments.

 

[Deleted_171835]

VidBoy is BBCtemp


Now that he died there will be more elections.Then there will be more campaigning(with some corruption).Then there will be more News.
Seriously, when will this world ever live in peace.
I petition for the end of the governments.

You crazy?
We need governments to manage society. Without them everybody will be free to do whatever the hell they want.

 

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Also,

Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan - who became acting president in February - will be sworn in later, reports say.

What the fuck?

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Poor guy, he didn't seem bad, and he died at a young age too

(I mean, my Dad's older than him D: )

 

[Arkansaw]

Nigeria needs better health care... hope 58 is not the average lifespan of Nigerians