Nigeria defiant after suspension

LONDON - Nigeria's hopes of being allowed back into the Commonwealth faded yesterday after a delegation from the Lagos government…

LONDON - Nigeria's hopes of being allowed back into the Commonwealth faded yesterday after a delegation from the Lagos government took an unexpectedly hard line in talks with the 56 nation body.

The Commonwealth suspended the populous oil rich West African state last November after author Ken SaroWiwa and eight other minority activists were executed for murder.

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