Nigeria's president to appoint adviser on terrorism

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday he will appoint a special adviser on terrorism after a wave of violence in the last week of 2010 rocked Africa's most populous nation. Skip related content

A bombing in the capital Abuja on New Year's Eve killed four people, a week after 80 were killed in a series of blasts and subsequent violence in the central city of Jos.

Jonathan called an emergency meeting of the security council on Monday to discuss the attacks.
"Mr. President in the next one week is to appoint a special adviser on terrorism," presidential spokesman Ima Niboro said.
"Mr. President is going to work with the National Assembly to ensure the speedy passage of the anti-terrorism bill that is before the assembly."
Niboro also said four new presidential committees would be launched, including a group working on controlling explosives and another to promote public security awareness.
(Reporting by Felix Onuah; writing by Joe Brock)