The amnesty that he and his late predecessor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua secured in the Niger Delta is coming apart; oil production and state revenues are falling (AC Vol 51 No 21 & AC Vol 52 No 23)...
In 2007 President Obasanjo's control of the Forum was critical in winning support for Umaru Yar'Adua's nomination...
Jonathan continued the amnesty policy initiated by his predecessor the late Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and has been widely criticised for not consolidating it but exploiting the state patronage of former commanders in the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)...
Under an amnesty during the presidency of the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua he was released in July 2009 and took refuge in South Africa...
Both ideas started under the late Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's presidency then ran into opposition from vested interests...
Six months ago when President Umaru Yar'Adua was fighting for life most of the South-South governors refused to back Jonathan's claim for a formal elevation from Vice-President to Acting President...
Vol 51 No 12 |
- NIGERIA
- BRITAIN
A separate case continues in London in which Ibori and David Edevbie former Principal Private Secretary to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua face charges of complicity in the theft of $38 mn...
Given that the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from the north-west served barely three-quarters of a term the logic is that a candidate from the north should succeed him in 2011...
This sent a strong signal to Abuja of American support for Jonathan’s new government after two years of poor relations with President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s team...
By most measures the list is an improvement on the cabinet appointed by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who remains medically incapacitated (AC Vol 51 No 5)...
On 3 March the state governors decided to block a vote that could have set in motion President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s enforced resignation on medical grounds...
