Presidency of Goodluck Jonathan Presidency of Goodluck Jonathan Goodluck Jonathan, was inaugurated as the President of Nigeria on February 10, 2010, under special parliamentary procedures, succeeding Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who was unable to carry out Presidential duties, hence his assumption of the office. Jonathan, the People's Democratic Party nominee, was a former university professor and a Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, an oil-rich state in the South-South geopolitical zone in Nigeria. His running mate, was Namadi Sambo, an erstwhile architect and former governor of Kaduna state, inaugurated as Vice President of Nigeria later on the 19th of May, 2010. The Jonathan Administration launched the
African Cross Country Championships sport's top competitors come from Africa means that the top runners at the World Cross Country Championships, especially in the men's section, are largely the same ones which would form the field of an African Championships – at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships the top 25 finishers in the men's race, and the top 12 in the women's race, were all African-born. Commenting on the dominance of the competition, IAAF president Lamine Diack said that the competition had "become not only an African affair but an East African affair, and these days you don't even get athletes from