Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan put the finishing touches Thursday to a new cabinet which will be tasked with tackling a mounting set of crises, including a new bout of sectarian slaughter. A day after he dissolved the entire cabinet in a startling show of strength, Jonathan planned to unveil an invigorated ministerial team which have to address a ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan will nominate a new ministerial team by early next week, and is likely to reappoint around half the cabinet he has just sacked, presidency sources said on Thursday. Fast appointment of the ministers could do much to alleviate uncertainty in Africa's most populous nation after Jonathan dismissed the entire cabinet on ...

Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday dissolved the cabinet a little over a month after taking power, asserting his authority over the government in Africa's most populous nation. No explanation was given for the move and a new cabinet had not been named by Jonathan, who took over last month after parliament voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved the cabinet on Wednesday in a bid to consolidate his authority at the helm of Africa's most populous nation a month after he assumed executive powers. The surprise move heightens immediate uncertainty in the oil-producing nation of 140 million people, leaving civil servants in charge of ministries until new ministers ...