A liquid natural gas plant in Nigeria: Nigeria accounts for 15 percent of U.S. oil imports.
Obama Administration Broadens Ties to Nigeria
Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan will take part in next week's Nuclear Security Summit at the White House, where he is also expected to meet President Obama. On April 6, the administration took what Secretary of State Hilary Clinton called a "concrete step forward that will strengthen and deepen the partnership between our two nations" with the launch in Washington, DC of the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission. In an interview, U.S. Ambassador Robin Sanders calls Nigeria an "extraordinary friend of the United States" and says American want to see Nigeria succeed. "But we can't want more for Nigeria than Nigeria wants for itself."-
Nigeria: 'We Want Nation to Succeed' - U.S. Ambassador
allAfrica, 8 April 2010
The failed attempt on December 25, 2009 by the young Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, to detonate hidden explosives on a flight to Detroit created an additional layer of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Jonathan to Meet Obama April 12
Daily Trust, 5 April 2010
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan will visit the United States of America on April 12-13 for the Nuclear Security Summit on the invitation of President Barack Obama. Read more »
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Africa: Signing Ceremony for the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission
State Department, 7 April 2010
The following is a transcript from the launch of the United States-Nigeria Binational Commission that took place in Washington, DC.SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. It is a great… Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S. Supports Ex-EFCC Boss' Return
Independent (Lagos), 6 April 2010
Washington has promised to protect former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, as he prepares to return to his country after two years of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Critical Time for Nigeria's Future
allAfrica, 14 March 2010
The new round of violence in Jos, tragically similar to unrest there in the past and once again misinterpreted as primarily a Muslim-Christian dispute, was exacerbated by the… Read more »
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Johnnie Carson, the top U.S. diplomat to Africa says he has stressed to Nigerian leaders the importance of a credible 2011 election and urged the country to make electoral reform ... Read more »
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Nigeria: Electoral Reform Key to Fighting Extremism - Former Minister
allAfrica, 27 January 2010
The disappearance of President Umaru Yar'Adua to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment for the past nine weeks – without thought to orderly constitutional succession – has… Read more »
