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Abuja - An 84-year-old Nigerian man with 86 wives and 170 children has accepted a decree issued by Islamic authorities that he must divorce 82 of them, reports said Monday.
The BBC, quoting a local emir, reported that Mohammadu Bello Abubakar on Saturday agreed to the mass divorce.
Abubakar, a former teacher and preacher, faced the death penalty under Sharia law, which was reintroduced to the Muslim-majority Niger State, North-West Nigeria, in
2000.
While the death sentence was lifted, Abubakar still faced eviction from his home.
Abuja - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has changed his chief of defence staff and installed new figures at the head of the army, navy and air force.
Air Marshal Paul Dike becomes new Chief of Defence Staff, Major General AB Dambazau took over as the head of the army and Rear Admiral Isaiah Ibrahim became chief of the navy.
Air Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin took over from Dike as the head of the air force.
All of the men being replaced were due for retirement, the president's office said.
Yar'Adua took office over a year ago and is under pressure to quell unrest in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, where militants have been attacking oil facilities and kidnapping workers.
Abuja - Nigeria was Wednesday preparing to officially hand over the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon on Thursday, ending a decades-long dispute marked by legal battles and sporadic violence.
Abuja - Niger Delta militants have been abducted two French sailors at Onne, a seaport settlement some 20 kilometres from Port Harcourt, an army spokesman said Sunday.
Abuja - The Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) Wednesday urged the Nigerian government to buy off banned pesticides still in the possession of the country's cocoa farmers.
The request came on the heels of a letter by the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) to Nigeria and other cocoa producing countries to reduce the Maximum Residue Level (MRL) in cocoa beans to 0.1 mg as of September 1, 2008.
The initiative by the European Union is a response to scientific reports that high residue levels in cocoa beans were harmful to humans.
Nairobi/Abuja - Nigeria
Abuja - An 84-year-old Nigerian man with 86 wives and 170 children has accepted a decree issued by Islamic authorities that he must divorce 82 of them, reports said Monday.
Abuja - The Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN) Wednesday urged the Nigerian government to buy off banned pesticides still in the possession of the country's cocoa farmers.
