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Goodluck Jonathan takes control, dissolves Yar'Adua's cabinet



Correspondent, (AP) - Nigeria's acting president dissolved the Cabinet on Wednesday, purging top officials loyal to the nation's ill president in his first major act since taking over the young democracy's highest office more than a month ago. Information Minister Dora Akunyili announced the decision by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.

 
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FBI declares Nigerian wanted for stealing $44m



EMMANUEL ADEYEMI, (Daily Sun) - The FBI has added a Nigerian, Mr. Tobechukwu Enyinna Onwuhara, 30, to its list of ‘Most Wanted Fugitives.’ According to a report on America’s Most Wanted, the Bureau said ‘Tobechi Onwuhara is a criminal mastermind’ who in less than three years stole $44 million dollars from banks in the U.S. using sophisticated methods.

2011: 'Operation Stop IBB’ • Northern elders plot ex-military president’s fall



ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, (Daily Sun) - Northern elders, who are not favourably disposed to General Ibrahim Babangida’s candidature for 2011 have began subtle campaign in the north to stop him from running. Part of the arrangement put in place by the opposition is to woo acting President Goodluck Jonathan to its side, so as allow a replay of the Ghanaian experience, as PDP has foreclosed any possibility of giving him the ticket.

President Barrack Obama invites Acting President Goodluck Jonathan



Olusola Balogun, (Daily Sun) - The Presidency of acting President Goodluck Jonathan seems to be getting more international acceptance and support as American President, Barrack Obama, is reported to have invited the Nigerian leader to an international summit scheduled for next month. It was gathered that Obama personally called up to extend the invitation.

U.S. includes more Nigerians, and almost doubles the number, on the no-fly list



REPORT, (AP) - An intelligence official says the U.S. govt has nearly doubled the number of people on the no-fly list since the attempted Christmas Day attack near Detroit. The list expanded, in part, to add people associated with Al Qaeda's Yemen branch and others from Nigeria with potential ties to the alleged would-be bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

Jos killings: We were sponsored, suspects tell police interrogators



Jude Owuamanam, (Punch) - The Acting Commissioner of Police interrogators in Plateau State, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, has briefed the press on the latest development in the state, said that confessional statements extracted from the suspects indicated that while some of them volunteered to take part in the massacre, others had influential sponsors.

Hold Goodluck Jonathan responsible if Nigeria explodes –Prof. Wole Soyinka



Mudiaga Affe, (Punch) - Plateau State Gov, Jonah Jang, on Monday alleged that the army was guilty of complicity in the recent attack on three Jos villages which led to the death of about 500 people. The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday asked Nigerians to hold Acting President Goodluck Jonathan responsible for the successes and failures of the present administration.