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The ill health of Nigeria’s president sparked fears of a military coup and caused screaming matches over who was in charge of the country, according to secret US diplomatic cables. Umaru Yar’Adua, who was terminally ill, left the country in November 2009 for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. A US memo marked secret and dated  [ Read More ]

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama had to get 12 stitches on his upper lip Friday after being struck in the face by an elbow during a basketball game, the White House said. “After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player’s elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, the president  [ Read More ]

Shell ‘accessed’ Nigeria ministries: cable Source:(AFP) LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell had infiltrated key Nigerian ministries, giving it access to politicians’ every move in the oil-rich nation, the Guardian said, citing U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks. The oil giant’s top executive in Nigeria, Ann Pickard, told U.S. diplomats in Abuja in October 2009  [ Read More ]