Tag: Yar’adua
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How IBB asked Jonathan to sit on Yar’Adua’s chair during FEC meeting – Otedola
Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola on Sunday recounted the role former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida played during the political logjam caused by the prolonged sickness of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2010. Otedola said this in a special congratulatory to the ex-military president who marks his 80th birthday on Tuesday, August 17. In his forthcoming…
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Why I picked Yar’Adua as my successor despite his medical records – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday said he picked the late President Musa Yar’Adua as his successor despite knowing he was ill. He said he took the decision because a medical advice showed that Yar’Adua, who had a kidney transplant, was fit to act as President. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Yar’Adua, who later won the…
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Photo: Buhari visits, condoles with Yar’Adua family
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of Yar’Adua on the passing of Hajiya Rabi, mother in-law of his late friend and classmate, General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, describing her demise as a sad loss. The President, who was in Kaduna on Saturday for the graduation ceremonies of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), took time…
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Despite our political differences, I endorse Yar’Adua as true Nigerian patriot – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday described the late Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as a true patriot. Buhari said despite their political differences, Yar’Adua passion to fix the country for the few years in spent in office cannot be over emphasized. Buhari also noted that his late Katsina political rival reversed policies he believed hurt…
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My late boss, Yar’Adua was a president like no other – Ex-President Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday described his late boss, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua as a President like no other who lived and died for the sake of the country. Many believe the former Katsina Governor was best leader of Africa’s most populous nation since the return to multi-party democracy in 1999. He was the second…
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Recovered loots: Allow audit committee to cover OBJ, Yar’Adua, Jonathan’s tenures, SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari “welcoming the inauguration of the Audit Committee on the Recovery and Management of Stolen Assets as a partial fulfilment of the judgment by Justice Idris,” and requesting him to use his “leadership position to strengthen and extend the mandate of…
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Why I rejected my friends “commando style” plans to forcefully get me out of Abacha’s gulag – Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has explained why he rejected plans by his international friends to forcefully get him out of the Yola Prisons in 1995 using the ‘commando-style,” after the death of his erstwhile deputy, General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua in Abakaliki prison. The former Nigerian leader spoke on Friday at an event in…
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How Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan administrations embezzle N11 trillion electricity fund – SERAP
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has accused the successive administrations of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo (1999 – 2007), Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (2007 – 2010) and Goodluck Jonathan (2010 – 2015) of embezzling N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply in the country. This was revealed in a new report released on Wednesday…
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How Abacha poisoned, killed Yar’Adua, Abiola in detention – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained how Nigeria’s former military dictator, Late Gen. Sanni Abacha poisoned Shehu Musa Yar’Adua a former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters in December 1997. The former president revealed that Abacha had meticulously planned to assassinate him (Obasanjo), Yar’adua and MKO Abiola on charges of planning a coup to oust the…