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  2. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Shehu Musa Yar'Adua - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of heads of state and government who took their own lives

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    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 ...

  5. List of heads of state of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Olusegun Obasanjo was the first vice president (as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters) to become head of state when Murtala Muhammed was killed during the 1976 coup attempt, [10] while Goodluck Jonathan was the first democratic vice president to become head of state when Umaru Musa Yar'Adua died of Illness on 5 May 2010. [11]

  6. List of heads of state and government who died in office

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    Such deaths have most often been from natural causes, but there are also cases of assassination, execution, suicide, accident and even death in battle. The list is in chronological order. The name is listed first, followed by the year of death, the country, the name of the office the person held at the time of death, the location of the death ...

  7. 1993 Nigerian presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The Abacha government subsequently arrested union leaders and dismissed civilian members of his cabinet. [14] The government in March 1995 announced an alleged coup attempt. [14] Olusegun Obasanjo, Shehu Musa Yar'Adua and Beko Ransome-Kuti were among those secretly tried and either sentenced to death or received lengthy prison sentences ...

  8. List of assassinations in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Adekunle Fajuyi, Military Governor of Western Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup led by Theophilus Danjuma. July 29, 1966: Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Head of State of Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup February 13, 1976: Murtala Mohammed, Head of State of Nigeria [7] Killed in an attempted coup led by Buka Suka ...

  9. First inauguration of Goodluck Jonathan - Wikipedia

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    Yar'Adua died on 5 May at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. [8] [9] Jonathan said "Nigeria has lost the jewel on its crown and even the heavens mourn with our nation tonight. As individuals and as a nation we prayed for the recovery of Mr President. But we take solace in the fact that the Almighty is the giver and taker of all life." [10]