ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's main opposition party will block the passage of this year's budget until what it described as lawlessness is ended in politically volatile Rivers state in the southern oil region, it said on Friday.
The All Progressives Congress (APC), which now holds a majority in the lower house of parliament, also said it would block the confirmation of twelve new ministers and four military chiefs President Goodluck Jonathan appointed this month. Nigeria is fighting a violent Islamist insurgency in the northeast.