Lieutenant General Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu, was arraign in court alongwith Major (rtd) Abubakar Suleimana for allegedly supplying arms and military assistance to Abudus, both of them were heads at National Security Advisory with Mr. Hamidu as the Chief of Defence Staff.
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As a result of this, the district security council, in collaboration with the Northern Regional Security Council, banned the celebration of the festival in Yendi on March 24, 2002.
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School for Life offered a nine-month Literacy cycle in the mother tongue, helping children to attain basic literacy skills and then integrate into the formal education system.
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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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