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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua GCFR ((listen ⓘ); 16 August 1951 [4] – 5 May 2010) was a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in May 2010. He won the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007.
The cabinet replaced that of Yar'Adua's predecessor President Olusegun Obasanjo, and was named in July 2007, two months after Yar'Adua had assumed office. [1] Yar'Adua created a new cabinet position, the Minister of the Niger Delta, as part of his creation of the Niger Delta Ministry. [2]
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua GCON ((listen ⓘ); 5 March 1943 – 8 December 1997) was a Nigerian general and politician who was the de facto vice president of Nigeria as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters when Nigeria was under military rule from 1976 to 1979. He was a prominent politician during the later transition from military to civilian rule in ...
Duel as part of suicide pact with Marcus Petreius: Impending defeat by Julius Caesar after the Battle of Thapsus [19] Mark Antony: Roman Republic: 30 BC: No: Stabbing: Defeat by Octavian at the Battle of Alexandria [28] Cleopatra VII Philopator: Ptolemaic Kingdom: 30 BC: Yes: Poisoning: Death of Mark Antony and defeat by Octavian [29] Nero ...
Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951–2010) 29 May 2007: 5 May 2010 [a] (died in office) 2 years, 341 days People's Democratic Party: Yar'Adua: 2007: 14 Dr. Goodluck Jonathan (born 1957) 6 May 2010: 29 May 2015 5 years, 23 days People's Democratic Party: Jonathan I–II: 2011 [15] 15 Muhammadu Buhari (born 1942) 29 May 2015: 29 May 2023 8 years ...
The Nigerian government reported that the coup had been led by Lieutenant Colonel Bukar Suka Dimka and had aimed at restoring Gowon's regime. [13] 125 people were arrested in connection with the coup attempt and, in March, 32 people received death sentences, among them Dimka and the defence minister, Major General Illiya D. Bisalla. [14]
The money laundering charges were dropped to allow Gambaryan to get medical attention, an EFCC lawyer told Reuters, but “diplomatic arrangements” also aided in securing his release.
Shortly before voting began on 21 April, there was an alleged attempt in Bayelsa State to kill Goodluck Jonathan, who is the PDP vice-presidential candidate and the governor of the state, as well as a failed attempt to destroy INEC headquarters in Abuja with a truck bomb.