Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was swiftly sworn in as head of state on Thursday following the death of President Umaru Yar'Adua, a Reuters correspondent at the ceremony said.
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua died late on Wednesday, aged 58, after a long battle with kidney and heart ailments.
Yar'Adua will be buried in his northern home town of Katsina at 2 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Thursday.
Government ministers, state governors and ambassadors watched as Jonathan took the oath of office at the presidential villa in Abuja in a ceremony presided over by Nigeria's chief justice.
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Nigeria's Jonathan sworn in as president just after Yar'Adua death
Yar'Adua will be buried in his northern home town of Katsina at 2 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Thursday.
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