Nigeria: President launches book of Facebook posts

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's president says he is launching a book chronicling his Facebook interactions with his Facebook friends to encourage reading as Africa's most populous country heads into an election year.

President Goodluck Jonathan said Monday that he decided to compile his Facebook conversations in the book titled "My Friends and I," because he wanted to "encourage a reading culture and promote responsible and accountable governance at all levels."

He acknowledged his Facebook friends as the "men and women who have been advising him."

The book launch, peppered with performances by some of Nigeria's biggest singers, was one event in a series planned to encourage reading among Nigerian youth.