Nigeria’s Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has become acting president, after weeks of political uncertainty over the absence of its ailing leader. Parliament earlier voted to recognise Mr Jonathan as acting president, after more than two months without ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua. Read the full story

When Information and Communications Minister, Prof Dora Akunyili, presented her memorandum asking her colleagues to wake up to their responsibility to the Nigerian nation, tempers flared and voices were raised. Read the full story

Nigeria’s ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua will write a letter handing power over to his vice-president, his adviser has told the BBC. The letter, formally informing the Senate that Mr Yar’Adua is on “medical vacation”, automatically means his deputy becomes acting president. Read the full story

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Infor-mation and Media, Senator Ayogu Eze, has reacted to reports of N1.2 billion bribery in the National Assembly allegedly to break the rank of senators pushing for the transfer of power to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan, saying “the Senate cannot be compromised. Read the full story

The Nigerian president has said he was recovering and hoped to return home soon in his first interview since going into hospital in Saudi Arabia seven weeks ago for a heart condition. Read the full story

President Umaru Yar’Adua is brain damaged and can no longer perform the functions of his office, the Nigerian newspaper, NEXT, reported on Sunday. Read the full story