Thursday, July 26, 2007

UPDATE 3-Nigeria president forms gov't, keeps oil portfolio

(Reuters) - ABUJA, July 26 - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua
named his first cabinet on Thursday, keeping the vital energy
portfolio under his direct control and appointing an experienced
banker to the finance ministry.




The new cabinet ends two months of uncertainty since
Yar'Adua took the helm of Africa's top oil producer on May 29,
after elections deemed "not credible" by international observers
because of widespread vote-rigging.


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