Tag: Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
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Lamido recounts incident that triggered ‘bad blood’ between Yar’adua and Obasanjo
Sule Lamido, a former Jigawa State Governor, has disclosed an incident that caused a rift between the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua and his predecessor, Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Tinubu mourns as late President Yar’Adua’s mother dies after protracted illness
Mother of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, popularly known as Hajiya Dada, is dead. Hajiya Dada died on Monday after a protracted illness. She was aged 102. One of her sons, Suleiman Musa-Yar’Adua announced her demise on Monday in Katsina State.
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BREAKING: Late president Yar’adua’s Mother dies at 102
Hajiya Dada, the mother of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua, has passed away.
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How my husband, President Yar’adua died, ex-First Lady Turai recalls
On the 13th memorial of the death of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, his wife Hajiya Turai, has stated that her husband lived a simple and corrupt-free life. Turai spoke in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service in Kaduna on Saturday. “He was simple. He was not carried away by worldly things. For example,…
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2023: Omo-Agege appoints Orubebe APC guber campaign DG
The Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship Candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has announced former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, as Director-General of the Delta All Progressives Congress,APC, Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation. In a statement, Omo-Agege said Orubebe is bringing on board a towering wealth of experience, and shall oversee all ramifications…
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Late President Yar’Adua’s son crushes four to death in Yola, remanded in prison
A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, the son of late former President Musa Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. Yar’Adua, a student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) Yola, was charged to court for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving on…
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Jonathan extols Yar’Adua, opens up on vision he shared with him
Eleven years after the death of Nigeria’s former President, the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, former President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken on a common vision both of them shared. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Yar’Adua was Nigeria’s president from 2007 to 2010 after he was declared the winner of the presidential election held on 21 April 2007. He…
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Ex-Delta Gov, James Ibori pays tribute to late Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
Former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori has extolled the virtues of the late Nigerian leader, former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who died in office 10 years ago. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the late former Nigerian leader died in office on May 5, 2010. Eulogizing the ex-Nigerian leader on his personal Twitter handle @JamesIbori6, the…
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Buhari’s Absence: Presidency dismisses report on political, constitutional crisis
Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu has dismissed an article speculating that Nigeria faces imminent political and constitutional crisis on account of President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence to attend to his health in London. The article was written by a Nigerian historian, Max Siollun, entitled “The Gentleman’s Agreement that Could Break Apart Nigeria,” published in the United States-based…