The United States welcomes the news of President Yar’Adua’s return to Nigeria. We hope that his health is sufficient to enable him to fully resume his official duties. Nigeria needs a strong, healthy, and effective leader to ensure the stability of the country and to manage Nigeria’s many political, economic, and security challenges. Recent reports, however, continue to suggest that President Yar’Adua’s health remains fragile and that he may still be unable to fulfill the demands of his office.

We hope that President Yar’Adua’s return to Nigeria is not an effort by his senior advisors to upset Nigeria’s stability and create renewed uncertainty in the democratic process. Nigeria is an extraordinarily important country to its friends and partners, and all of those in positions of responsibility should put the health of the President and the best interests of the country and people of Nigeria above personal ambition or gain. As a nation of 150 million people, Nigeria’s democracy and its continued adherence to constitutional rule should be the highest priority.

JOHNNIE CARSON, ASST SECRETARY OF STATE, BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS

America is tired of the misguided Northern hegemony based on nothing that has borne no fruit since 50years

Watch out!!!! Britain will not say much. The Hausas are there allies and unless oil stops flowing they wont change strategy.

MEND BOYS WILL START PLANTING BOMBS IN ALL OIL WELLS ONE PER DAY FOR EVERY MORE DAY YAR'ADUA STAYS IN OFFICE.

THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO A HAULT.

Nice to know that some other people are seeing the game unfolding

Suddenly the terrorist nation is now extraordinarily important. The US and its hypocrisy is killing.

there is a very serious international outcry over this incident i hope our nation is not drifting many countries are watching as the situation unfolds the media spokeman just said googluck is still in charge

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America is tired of the misguided Northern hegemony based on nothing that has borne no fruit since 50years

Watch out!!!! Britain will not say much. The Hausas are there allies and unless oil stops flowing they wont change strategy.

MEND BOYS WILL START PLANTING BOMBS IN ALL OIL WELLS ONE PER DAY FOR EVERY MORE DAY YAR'ADUA STAYS IN OFFICE.

THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO A HAULT.

It wun't change nada and itz too late now Nigeria must remain in the hands of the North. If you don't like it try another country.

It is very clear even to outsiders that Yar A'clueless and cronies are playing games with the people of this country.

The Yar A'do nothing machinery of lunatics are well orchestrated. They came in the middle of the night to upset the reports of the 6 man FEC visit to Saudi Arabia and their reports which will have nail the lying half dead president.

Anyway, we wait and see. If Yar A'dua is not impeached for gross abuse of office or incapacity then mark my word, this country is done., because even a child from the south knows the contempt.

Turai and cohort will be using 'NORTH TURN' as bargaining chips to talk to Northern elders. Yar A'dua knows the state of his own health before putting himself forward for the office of the President. And , unless he his a fool, he will know the rigours of the demand of the office.