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unusual facts about Umaru Musa Yar'Adua


Churg–Strauss syndrome

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the president of Nigeria from 2007–2010, reportedly suffered from Churg–Strauss syndrome and died in office of complications of the disease.


Abdulrahman Gimba

In October 2008 he was dismissed by President Umaru Yar'Adua on 29 October 2008, with the Minister of Science and Technology Alhassan Bako Zaku appointed supervising minister for the National Sports Commission.

Hungry For Love

Hungry For Love (1960), an English title for the Italian film Adua e le compagne, also known as Adua and Friends

Ibrahim Babangida

In a letter excerpted in the media, IBB is quoted as citing the "moral dilemma" of running against Umaru Yar'Adua, the younger brother of the late Shehu Yar'Adua (himself a former nominee to run for the Presidency during IBB's military dictatorship), as well as against General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, given IBB's close relationship with the latter two.

Ibrahim Coomassie

In October 1999, government investigations into abuses by the Abacha regime, including the assassination of Kudirat Abiola (wife of M.K.O. Abiola) in 1996 and the suspected murder of Shehu Musa Yar'Adua in detention in December 1997, resulted in the arrest of Ibrahim Coomassie and other leading figures, including Mohammed Abacha, the dictator's son.

Mohammed Daggash

President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed him Minister for the National Planning Commission of Nigeria in July 2007, and relieved him of his post in October 2008.

Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai

The Yar'Adua Administration continued to investigate El-Rufai, and his compatriot Nuhu Ribadu, in order to smear them and satisfy the political elite braying for their blood.


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