WARRI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian militants detonated at least two car bombs outside a government building in the southern oil city of Warri on Monday where talks were being held about implementing an amnesty program. The attacks, claimed by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) militant group, are a major setback for Acting President Goodluck Jonathan as ...

Hundreds of protesters in Nigeria's capital are demanding to see the ailing president, who has not appeared publicly since returning from hospital treatment abroad last month. Protesters thronged Abuja's streets Wednesday with a letter demanding the appearance of President Umaru Yar'Adua, saying the ...

Around 5,000 Nigerian activists staged a march Wednesday to demand the sacking of the cabinet and a public appearance by ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he returned to the country. The police stopped the protesters -- led by prominent Lagos pastor Tunde Bakare -- near the presidential villa where they had planned to present their demands to Acting ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for a march to the presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he returned from a Saudi hospital. The 58-year-old leader has not been seen in public since being flown back after three months of treatment in Jeddah for a heart ...