Ceremonies for the burial of Nigeria’s late president, Umaru Yar’ Adua is still on-going in his hometown of Katsina, Northwestern Nigeria with thousands of mourners, and local and international dignitaries in attendance.
The event has witnessed evocative readings from the Holy Koran and praises for the departed leader who died on Wednesday. [...]
Written by Mahmud Jega:
President Umaru Musa Yar’adua’s long battle with chronic kidney and heart disease ended last night when he died inside the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He will be buried at his family home in Katsina at 1 o’clock this afternoon. Very few details were available last night, but Daily Trust learnt that Yar’adua’s [...]
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NIGERIA’S President, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is dead. He had been sick of terminal diseases including kidney failure, brain damage/haemorrhage, and acute pericarditis.
Spokesman for the late president, Mr. Segun Adeniyi confirmed that Yar’Adua passed on in Abuja at about 9 [...]
By Aliyu Adekunle:
• Burial today in Katsina at 2pm
After battling ill-health for about six months, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua died last night at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
His remains will be flown to his hometown, Katsina, Katsina State early this morning for burial at 2pm.
The 58-year-old Yar’Adua had been battling acute pericaditis, an inflammation [...]
In line with the Nigerian constitution Acting president Goodluck Jonathan took oath of office and became substantive President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In his inaugural speech he assured Nigerians of a better government.
The President’s oath of office was administered by the Chief Justice, Aloysius Katsina-Alu. The opening prayers were said by [...]
• Succumbs to pericarditis
• To be buried today
• FG declares 7-day mourning
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is dead. He was aged 58. Yar’Adua passed away at about 9.38 p.m. on Tuesday in the presidential villa, Abuja, losing the battle against the protracted illness, which had kept him out of office since November 23 last year.
Daily Sun [...]
Exactly 70 days after he was flown back to Nigeria from treatment in Saudi Arabia, President Umaru Yar’Adua died on Wednesday night of undisclosed causes.
He became the second Nigerian leader to die of natural causes while in office, as the late dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, who died on June 8, 1998. [...]
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was Nigeria’s 13th Head of State. He served as governor of Katsina State in northern Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 28 May 2007. He was declared the winner of the presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007. He was a member of [...]
By Akeem Oyetunji:
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (1951 – 2010)
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AFTER 163 days on the sick bed, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua died last night.
Yar’Adua, who was the country’s 13th Commander-in-Chief, lost his long battle with acute pericarditis about 9 p.m.
The death was [...]
By Ibrahim Sheme, Iyobosa Uwugiaren, and Golu Timothy & Mojeed Jamiu:
Jonathan steps in as president || Nigeria’s 13th Head of State, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua succumbed to an acute heart disease last night, leaving a nation in deep pain and shock. He was 58 years old. Sources said Yar’Adua died at 9 p.m. at the [...]
