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Commonwealth leaders agreed to lift Nigeria’s three-and-a-half-year suspension on May 29, the day the military government hands over power to an elected president, the organization’s secretary-general announced yesterday. Nigeria was suspended from the 54-nation group of mainly former British colonies in 1995 after it executed nine minority rights activists, including writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. But now that the country has embarked on a return to democracy, Commonwealth heads of government have agreed to end the estrangement. Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku said in a statement, "1 am delighted an unfortunate episode in Nigeria-Commonwealth relations will now come to an end and Nigeria is resuming its rightful place in the Commonwealth."