Umaru Yar'Adua
The Mahalo Top 7
- Wikipedia: Umaru Yar'Adua
- BBC News: Profile: President Umaru Yar'Adua
- allAfrica: Supreme Court Dismisses Application Against Yar'Adua's Election (January 8, 2008)
- Washington Post: Umaru Yar'Adua Sworn In as Nigerian President (May 29, 2007)
- Reuters: Key Details on Nigeria's Umaru Yar'Adua (April 23, 2007)
- Voice of America: The Man Tipped To Become Nigeria's Next President (April 6, 2007)
- allAfrica: Umaru Yar'Adua
Umaru Yar'Adua Recent News
- New York Times: Umaru Yar'Adua
- Nigerian Tribune: "We Have No Plan to Probe Obasanjo - Presidency Insists" (January 8, 2008)
- allAfrica: "Buhari, Atiku Get Yar'Adua's Final Address" (January 7, 2008)
- Reuters: "Firing of Anti-Corruption Chief Would Boost Abusive Politicians" (January 2, 2008)
- Agence France-Presse: "Nigeria to Strengthen Institutions, Speed Growth: Yar'Adua" (December 31, 2007)
- Agence France-Presse: " Yar'Adua Says Nigeria 'Duty Bound' to Respect Ruling" (December 11, 2007)
- BBC News: "Huge Win for Nigeria's Yar'Adua" (2007)
- BBC News: "Nigeria's New Leader 'Worth $5m'" (2007)
- PBS News: "Corruption Charges Mar Nigerian Elections and Democratic Hopes" (2007)
Umaru Yar'Adua Background and Profiles
Position on Sharia and Judiciary
- Wikipedia: Sharia
- The Guardian: "18 Nigerians Charged With Sodomy" (2007)
- IOL News: "Presidential Favorite Promises Rule of Law" (2007)
- BBC News: "Nigeria's Katsina State Adopts Sharia" (2000)
Stoning Incident
- Official Site: Statement On The Fate Of Amina Lawal
- Wikipedia: Amina Lawal
- Oprah: Amina Lawal's Story
- The Nation: "Yar’adua and the Woman Who Escaped Stoning" (2007)
- CNN: "Woman Sentenced to Stoning Freed" (2004)
Health Concerns and Squash Game Challenge
- BBC News: "Nigerian Contender Seeks Check-Up" (2007)
- ABC News: "Nigeria Front-Runner Treated for Ailment" (2007)
- Reuters: "Ill, Me? Let's Play Squash, Says Nigerian Candidate" (2007)
- IOL News: "Candidate Wants to Squash Health Rumors" (2007)
Turai Yar'Adua
- Wikipedia: Turai Yar'Adua
- Leadership Nigeria: "Hajiya Turai: What Manner Of First Lady?" (2007)
- allAfrica: "First Lady Hajia Turai Hosts 37 Spouses of Ambassadors" (2007)
Umaru Yar'Adua Blogs and Commentaries
- Center for Global Development: Bring Back Nuhu Ribadu (January 2, 2008)
- Foreign Affairs: "Nigeria's Rigged Democracy" (2007)
- Huliq: Umaru Yar'Adua, When Unrepentant Criminals Win Elections (2007)
- Not Bad for an ex-Slave: Umaru Yar’Adua: And you are??? (2006)
Umaru Yar'Adua Photos
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Umaru Yar'Adua Videos
- Google Video: 'The New Nigeria' by Umaru Yar’Adu (Time 38:35]
- YouTube: Profile on Umaru Musa YarAdua Part 1 (Time 07:11) and Part 2 (Time 07:47)
- YouTube: The First Lady of Nigeria Visits Harlem (Time 03:24)
- BBC Video: Nigerian Power Changes Hands (Time 01:10)
Umaru Yar'Adua Timeline
- 1951: Umaru Yar'Adua is born in Katsina, Nigeria
- 1958: Attends Rafukka Primary School
- 1962: Attends Dutsinma Boarding Primary School
- 1971: Graduates from Barewa College
- 1975: Receives a degree in chemistry from Ahmadu Bello University
- 1975: Marries Hajia Turai
- 1978: Graduates with a masters degree in analytical chemistry
- 1979: Works as a lecturer at Kaduna Polytechnic University
- 1983-1989: Works as a manager for Sambo Farms in Katsina, Nigeria
- 1984-1999: Serves on the board of directors of many Nigerian companies
- 1999: Elected governor of Katsina State
- 2000: Katsina State adopts sharia law
- 2002: Amina Lawal is sentenced to death by stoning
- 2003: Re-elected governor of Katsina State
- 2006: Yar'Adua is nominated as the presidential canidate of the People's Democratic Party
- 2007: To dispell rumors of ill health, Yar'Adua challenges critics to a squash match
- 2007: Yar'Adua wins a landslide victory
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