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Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan sacks nine cabinet ministers

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked nine cabinet ministers, amid serious divisions in the governing party.

Two weeks ago, seven of the country's powerful state governors and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar formed a splinter-group in the PDP.

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