He made his first start for Nigeria alongside fellow Everton player Yakubu in a friendly against Austria on 27 May 2008 being replaced at half time.
Deputy interior minister joined hands with Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu in the Joy Fm studios to categorically denounce as lies all that the secretary to the Yaa-Naa had stated; that the Gbewaa palace was under serious attack.
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His father was Andani Yakubu, also a previous king of Dagbon who reigned from 1968 to 1969, and his mother was Zenabu Mahama, who hailed from Savelugu.
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His suceeder is Yaa-Naa Abdulai Yakubu.
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A few years after the declaration of the Holy War, Yakubu and generals were able to conquer a very large area which came to be bounded in the North by Kano, Misau and Katagum Emirates, in the East by Borno and Gombe, in the South by Miri and Fambi and in the West by Zaria.
On 12 May 2012 Yakubu played for Newport County in the FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium which Newport lost 2–0 to York City.
Lt. Colonel (retired) Jibril Bala Yakubu was the first Administrator of Zamfara State after it was created from part of Sokoto State in October 1996, holding office until the return to democracy in May 1999 during the military regimes of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar.
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Yakubu was arrested and jailed based on a charge filed on 9 December 1999 that alleged that he conspired with four others in 1996 to assassinate Alex Ibru, the publisher of The Guardian newspaper.
Shaibu Yakubu (born November 11, 1986 in Obuasi) is a Ghanaian football player who currently plays for the Turkish side 1461 Trabzon.
Colonel (retired) Yakubu Bako was governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
After he joined the army, Yakubu Mu'azu attended the Nigerian Defense Academy and later the Young Officers’ course in Jaji.