Ailing Nigeria leader Alhaji Umaru Shehu Yar'adua is dead. He died today at the Nigerian presidential villa. Sources told KB REPORTERS that he died round 9:00 PM Nigerian time after prolonged illness believed to be Churg Strauss Syndrome.
The Acting President Goodluck Jonathan will be sowrn in shortly. Yar'adua to be buried tomorrow according to Muslim rites.
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