Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

A separate case continues in London in which Ibori and David Edevbie former Principal Private Secretary to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua face charges of complicity in the theft of $38 mn...

Given that the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from the north-west served barely three-quarters of a term the logic is that a candidate from the north should succeed him in 2011...

This sent a strong signal to Abuja of American support for Jonathan’s new government after two years of poor relations with President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s team...

By most measures the list is an improvement on the cabinet appointed by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who remains medically incapacitated (AC Vol 51 No 5)...

On 3 March the state governors decided to block a vote that could have set in motion President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s enforced resignation on medical grounds...

She organised the clandestine return to Nigeria of her husband President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on 23 February...

His many supporters across the country say it's not before time: they are frustrated by the refusal of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and his aides to transfer full executive powers to Jonathan during the President's prolonged medical treatment...

Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's long stay in Saudi Arabia has delayed the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill a radical attempt to rewrite Nigeria's relationships with the international oil companies...

Instead they argue that a strong delegation of senior PDP officials should propose a lucrative package under which Jonathan would agree to stand aside to allow a northern candidate to replace Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in the presidency...

Asian interests grew under President Obasanjo (1999-2007) then waned under Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-2010) and are now in the ascendant again...