Obasanjo dissolves cabinet

Abuja - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has dissolved his cabinet and is expected to name a new team soon, a spokesman for…

Abuja - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has dissolved his cabinet and is expected to name a new team soon, a spokesman for the cabinet office said yesterday.

But official sources said the President, as a gesture to his ministers, was delaying formal announcement of an impending shakeup until he had prepared them for the move.

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