Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan sits down with CNN's Christiane Amanpour for his first-ever interview.
Who is Nigeria's new president, Goodluck Jonathan?
Nigeria's incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan looked likely Sunday to win the election, a CNN tally of preliminary results showed.
Nigerians voted for president Saturday, a week after parliamentary elections were marred by violence and accusations of fraud in Africa's most populous nation.
CNN's Christian Purefoy has the latest on the Presidential elections in Nigeria and a bombing there this morning.
Nigeria's ruling party on Friday declared incumbent Goodluck Jonathan its presidential candidate in the April elections after he won a primary vote in Africa' most populous nation.
Nigeria's ruling party declares incumbent Goodluck Jonathan its presidential candidate, reports CNN's Christian Purefoy.
A Nigerian state election exposes faults and indicates possible chaos ahead for a national vote of 150 million in April.
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan will contest April's election despite a challenge to his nomination from within his own party at the oil-rich African country's American-style presidential primaries.
Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission is urging would-be voters to turn out for the scheduled voter registration session in January, in hopes for a "free fair and credible elections in 2011," a Commission spokesman said Thursday.
Party primaries for Nigeria's presidential election will begin November 26, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced Tuesday.
A former vice president of Nigeria emerged Monday as the consensus candidate put forward by a bloc of leaders from the country's north to challenge current President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 presidential elections.
Nigeria will not fall into violence over his decision to stand for elections next year, President Goodluck Jonathan said in an exclusive interview with CNN.
Nigeria's electoral commission is seeking to postpone the presidential election until around April to give it adequate time for preparation, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Nigeria's national security adviser has resigned from his post in order to run in the 2011 presidential election, he told CNN on Sunday.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan officially declared Saturday that he will run in the 2011 elections, lauding his achievements in reforming the oil, banking and electricity sectors.
Nigeria's ruling party has set its presidential primaries for next month, a spokesman said Thursday.
A month after Nigeria's ruling party ruled he may stand for re-election next year, President Goodluck Jonathan said Wednesday he intends to run.
Nigeria's acting president took the oath of office Thursday morning, hours after Africa's most populous nation woke up to news its elected leader Umaru Yar'Adua had died after a long illness.
CNN's Christian Purefoy looks back at the life of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua.
Nigeria's ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, who gave amnesty to armed militants in the troubled oil-rich Niger Delta region, died Wednesday, the country's information minister said. He was 58.
Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said he hasn't seen the country's ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua since Yar'Adua's return from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia and doesn't know the nature of his illness.
Nigeria's acting president dissolved his Cabinet on Wednesday, asserting his authority over the country's government while ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua remains sidelined.
Nigeria's acting president dissolves the cabinet amidst a growing crisis. CNN's Christian Purefoy reports.
Thousands of Nigerian youths took to the streets Tuesday in a rare display of public anger over issues ranging from infrastructure failings, fuel shortages and power blackouts that reflect growing pressure on the country's ailing president.
Last Sunday the world woke to news of ethnic and religious violence in Jos, central Nigeria.
Nigeria's ailing president returns home unexpectedly; confusion over his absence persists. CNN's Christian Purefoy reports.
Nigeria's acting head of state has urged citizens to maintain peace and stability while the nation's ailing president recuperates after more than three months at a Saudi Arabia hospital.
Nigeria's political landscape was shrouded in mystery Thursday as its ailing President, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, returned to the country after months abroad receiving medical treatment.
Ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has returned home to Nigeria, though it was not immediately clear whether he was well enough to resume duties.
A previously unknown armed group said Friday it attacked a Nigerian oil pipeline this week on the first full day in office for Nigeria's new acting president.
Nigeria's House and Senate approved a resolution Tuesday to install the country's vice president as head of state until ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua recovers enough to resume his duties.
Nigeria's ailing president has broken two months of silence to assure his countrymen that contrary to speculation he is alive and intending to return to power soon.
CNN's Christian Purefoy reports on the growing clamor in Nigeria over the president's long absence abroad.
Nigeria's president will not resign despite currently undergoing treatment in Saudi Arabia for a heart condition, his office said Friday.
The imprisoned leader of the Nigerian militant group MEND has accepted an unconditional amnesty offer from the government, his lawyer said Friday.
Christian Purefoy reports on rebel activity in Nigeria that helps drive up the price of gas.
Oil prices were flat Tuesday, hovering near a 10-month high posted in the previous session on concerns that a strike call in Nigeria could further cut crude output in the world's eighth-biggest oil exporter.
Nigerians hoping for an honest leader to fight endemic corruption voted in presidential elections Saturday, but disarray at the polls and a failed truck bombing caused unease in a country trying to solidify democratic rule.
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