All Africa (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Two months after he returned from a medical trip to Saudi Arabia, President Umaru Yar'adua departed the country again yesterday for Saudi Arabia, apparently in a hurry.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ebonyi Democratic Movement (EDM) has petitioned President Umaru Yar'Adua over the purported adoption of Governor Martin Elechi as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011's general election.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua weekend announced that his administration has commenced a structured process of refocusing and repositioning the education institutions to meet challenges of nations development objectives global economy.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Eminent Nigerians weekend charged President Umaru Yar'Adua to put adequate machinery in place to ensure that the integrity of the 2011 general elections is not eroded.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
President Umaru Yar'Adua has summoned the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives - David Mark and Oladimeji Bankole - over the 2010 budget presentation row which has pitched the two legislative chambers against each other.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The postponement of the 2010 budget presentation to the National Assembly by President Umaru Yar'Adua over disagreement on the venue by the Senate and House of Representatives is unfortunate and wholly unacceptable.
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua will travel to Saudi Arabia this week for a series of medical checks by his personal doctors.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is due to travel to Saudi Arabia late Monday for a medical check-up, his office said. "The president will call on his personal physicians in Jeddah for follow-up medical checks," presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi said in a statement. While an official veil of secrecy is cloaked over Yar'Adua's condition, he is widely believed to have a history of kidney...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, said that the ceding of 76 oil wells from the state to Akwa Ibom State in June this year has caused untold hardship to the state, noting that President Umaru Yar'Adua had taken a critical look into the matter and has ordered for a review of the directive.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hajiya Turai Umaru Yar'Adua has set up a skills acquisition centre at the Maitama General Hospital, Abuja, for the training of special patients in income generating trades by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE).
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
First Lady, Hajiya Turai Umaru Yar'Adua, yesterday flagged off the national distribution of more than eight million English Language and Mathematics textbooks, science-based activity books to primary four pupils and assorted library books for Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), worth N4.287 billion.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Second Republic Speaker of the House of Representatives Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke has described the rift between the Senate and the House of Representatives over sitting venue to allow President Umaru Yar'adua present the 2010 Appropriation Bill as "a joke".
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday overruled the Senate and directed that the chambers of the House of Representative should be the venue for the presentation of the 2010 Appropriation Bill by President Umaru Yar'Adua as practiced since 1999.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The Arch Bishop of the New Aba Province of the Anglican Communion, Dr. Ugochukwu Ezuoke, has commended President Umaru Yar'Adua, the ex-militants and the peace advocates involved in the recent amnesty plan of the Federal Government, describing them as patriots that would never be forgotten by the people of the Niger Delta region.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
BARELY 24 hours after he denied media reports that he was planning to run for the Presidency come 2011, Governor Namadi Sambo of Kaduna State has donated a campaign car to President Umaru Yar'Adua's 2011 presidential ambition.
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