Nigerian leader Goodluck Jonathan dissolves cabinet

ABUJA, NIGERIA Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, has dissolved the country's cabinet, government sources say.

Jonathan became acting president in February amid the continuing illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua.

Yar'Adua went to Saudi Arabia for treatment in November last year and, despite returning to Nigeria recently, has not been seen in public.

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The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

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