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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.
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 ...
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]
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 ...
A Nigerian judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of the leader of a group seeking the secession of a southeastern region over his failure to attend hearings nearly two years after his release on bail.
On 29 May 2007, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the 13th head of state completing the first successful transition of power, from one democratically elected president to another in Nigeria. [24] [25] [26] Yar'Adua died on 5 May 2010 at the presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria, becoming the ...
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]
The Supreme Court of Nigeria gives the government 14 days to decide whether ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua is fit to rule the country. Turkish police arrest 120 suspects in a major anti-terrorism operation against Al-Qaeda. (Today's Zaman) [permanent dead link ]