Nigeria: Maduekwe to Represent FG at Mwanawasa's Burial

Posted to the web 2 September 2008 Lagos Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, will represent President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua at the burial of late Zambian President, Levy Mwanawasa, in Zambia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Yar'Adua who was billed to attend the burial on Wednesday, is still in Saudi Arabia where he had gone for lesser Hajj. Maduekwe, who was billed to depart Abuja to... [read full story]