Umaru Yar'Adua at the 2008 World Economic Forum Presidential aides and state television announced yesterday that the Nigerian president,  , died. Yar'Adua ascended to the presidency in 2007, but was later taken ill, and had not been publicly seen for the last few months. He was hospitalised in  , Saudi Arabia, to get inflammated tissue around his heart treated; it was later diagnosed as . According to the BBC, Nigerian reports indicated the president died between 21.00 and 22.00 local time (20.00 to 21.00 UTC) in  , the capital.  , the vice-president, became the acting president this February; under the constitution, he is to now be sworn in formally and will appoint a new vice-president.
Umaru Yar'Adua at the 2008 World Economic Forum Presidential aides and state television announced yesterday that the Nigerian president, Umaru Yar'Adua , died. Yar'Adua ascended to the presidency in 2007, but was later taken ill, and had not been publicly seen for the last few months. He was hospitalised in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia, to get inflammated tissue around his heart treated; it was later diagnosed as . According to the BBC, Nigerian reports indicated the president died between 21.00 and 22.00 local time (20.00 to 21.00 UTC) in Abuja , the capital. Goodluck Jonathan , the vice-president, became the acting president this February; under the constitution, he is to now be sworn in formally and will appoint a new vice-president.
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Umaru Yar'Adua
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Jeddah
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Abuja
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Goodluck Jonathan