LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday promised a national dialogue to heal what he said was an ethnically and religiously divided nation, and urged his compatriots to unite against extremism to avoid the fate of Syria.
Jonathan struck a sombre tone in a televised speech to mark Nigeria's 53rd year of independence from Britain.
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