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Nigerian President Yar'Adua is dead, says state TV
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| Media | TV News - British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News |
| News Date | Thursday, May 6, 2010 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | 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. |
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