[Igor Antunov]

Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Thursday as the president of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, just hours after the death of the oil-rich country's elected leader whose long illness had sparked a leadership crisis.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010 ... dent_N.htm

Strange name.

[Kaspar]

Interesting point, pp. That post was really chock-full of brilliant thoughts! It's interesting how you apply capability of running a government with different styles of dress. Never knew there was a direct correlation there, I guess you learn something new everyday.

In all seriousness though, he is really a giant question mark for Nigeria. He's largely coming out of left field and away from the corrupt politics that often define Nigeria, but so did Yar'Adua and he didn't do a whole lot to improve government corruption levels. With that being said I don't know if there really is a whole lot to say about this.

But I think a telling sign that his administration won't be very noteworthy is that no opposition is questioning the legitimacy of his rule, they don't view him as a threat. If you're not making enemies in Nigerian politics, then you probably aren't doing what's necessary to improve the country.

I don't know a whole lot about West African politics, save Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, so unfortunately I can't really make any interesting analysis.

[mstrkrft]

Here's a short article on the hand over of power:

http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/05/11/ja ... uncertain/