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Hometown of Nigerian president looks to future


Nigeria's newly sworn-in president, Goodluck Jonathan, is expected to nominate his vice-president this week.

Back in Jonathan's home state of Bayelsa, people are still coming to terms with the fact that the area has produced a president for the first time.

He comes from one of the smallest ethnic groups in the countrys oil-rich and violent Niger Delta

Yvonne Ndege reports.

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