Dogged by ill-health even before he took office in 2007, Mr Yar’Adua's nickname, Baba Go-Slow, compared his sluggish pace of governance to the grinding traffic jams of Lagos, Nigeria's financial capital. But he had some success. Last summer he arranged an amnesty for militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta. The deal has been fraying in his absence. He also oversaw banking reforms in sub-Saharan Africa's second-biggest economy. Some reckless executives were sacked. Others were hauled before court.

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