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Umaru Yar’adua

Concerns Mount in Niger Delta over Marginal Fields Bid Round

Oladipupo Ehindero Jul 2, 2020 0

As the federal government opens the second bid round for marginal fields, Niger Delta stakeholders are raising concerns over what they called an imminent breach of former President Umaru Yar’Adua’s commitment to grant oil-bearing…

Power Movers

Ahmadu Ali: Jonathan didn’t want to be Yar’Adua’s running mate

Adejumo Kester Feb 25, 2018 0

Over the years, different narratives of how ex-President Goodluck Jonathan became running mate to late President Musa Yar’Adua in the 2007 elections, have surfaced.Ahmadu Ali, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at…

Government

Yar’adua Told Me Iran Supplies Arms To The Shi’ites – Sheik Gumi

Anthony Dec 30, 2015 0

Kaduna-based Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi said ex-President Umaru Yar’adua told him of the massive importation of arms and ammunition in parts of the country, citing Iran as a supplier of arms to the Shi’ites.He further…