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Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

Date of Birth: 16 August 1951
Place of Birth: Katsina State, Nigeria
Died: 5 May 2010


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Kingmakers and charlatans

Supporters of former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93) say he is ready to stand if President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua chooses not to run again...


A $50 Billion Handshake

The package was offered by China's export credit insurance agency China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) and became President Umaru Yar'Adua's flashy souvenir of his first state visit to Beijing in late February...


Shamsudeen Usman

Since joining Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's cabinet in 2007 as Finance Minister Shamsudeen Usman has courted foreign investment - particularly from China - to rejuvenate Nigeria's infrastructure and boost its petroleum production...

Usman and Petroleum Minister Odein Ajumogobia joined President Umaru Yar'Adua's delegation to China in February...


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Wang Yi

The offer came after President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's visit to Beijing and Shanghai in February...


Cementing new relations

Abuja political insiders have suggested that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has distanced himself from Dangote who was seen as too close to his predecessor Obasanjo...


West Africa looks east

This week sources in Abuja argued that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's government was likely to pull out of the US$10 billion project due to concerns about its future viability and reports that 6...


Strategic partnerships

An indicator of this intent emerged in November 2007 when Manmohan Singh became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Nigeria in 45 years holding talks with President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on energy security increasing bilateral trade United Nations’ reforms the World Trade Organisation and terrorism...


See you in court

The paradox at the heart of Nigeria's latest political drama is that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua credibly presents himself as a politician who is serious about reinstating the rule of law...


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