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Rabiu Abdullahi
Rabiu is a Hausa given name or surname. Notable people with the name include: * Rabiu Afolabi, Nigerian footballer *Rabiu Baita, Nigerian footballer * Ibrahim Rabiu, Nigerian footballer *Rabiu Kwankwaso, Nigerian politician * Mohammed Rabiu, Ghanaian footballer * Isyaku Rabiu, Nigerian businessman *Abdul Samad Rabiu, Nigerian businessman *Kabiru Rabiu Kabiru Rabiu (born 28 November 1980) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and currently serves as the group executive director of BUA Group. In 2020, he was named the best African economic leader under the age of 40 in the 100 African Economic Leaders for ..., Nigerian entrepreneur {{given name, type=both Hausa given names Hausa-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabiu Afolabi
Rabiu Afolabi (born 18 April 1980) is a Nigerian former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back. Career Born in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria, Afolabi started his football career at NEPA Lagos. Standard Liège and Napoli loan Afolabi soon left his home country by moving to Belgium to Standard Liège after impressing at the 1997 Meridian Cup. Once he made a move to Belgium, Afolabi immediately fell in love with the style of play. In the 1997–98 season, he played in three matches in the Eerste Klasse, of which two in the first team. Standard, however, played a poor season and finished 9th place in the table. In the next season he played in 26 league games, scored a goal and with Liège finishing in sixth place in the league. Standard has also played in the final of Cup of Belgium, losing 1–3 to Lierse S.K. In the 1999–2000 season, Standard finished fifth place; Afolabi made 24 appearances scoring 1 goal. Having become a regular player at Standard Liège, Afo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabiu Baita
International He was 2002 nominated in the 36 man squad for the Fifa World Cup 2002, his first game for the Nigeria national football team was on 20 June 2004 Vs. Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baita, Rabiu 1984 births Living people Nigerian footballers Nigeria international footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers K.A.A. Gent players FC Progresul București players Expatriate footballers in Romania Liga I players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players R.A.E.C. Mons players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Kano Pillars F.C. players Sunshine Stars F.C. players Wikki Tourists F.C. players Association football wingers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Rabiu
Ibrahim Danda Rabiu (born 15 March 1991) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Sporting CP Rabiu was born in Kano. In summer 2007, he signed for Sporting CP for €450,000, in a joint ownership agreement with his previous club Gateway FC. Shortly afterwards, it was reported that Premier League sides Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Arsenal were interested in signing him, but nothing came of it. In late 2007, Rabiu was included by World Soccer in its ''50 Most Exciting Teen Footballers'' list and, in March of the following year, he was featured by InsideFutbol.com in an article on young African footballers including Emmanuel Adebayor, Mario Balotelli and Mikel John Obi. In January 2009, he appeared in Goal.com's list of ''10 African Players to Watch'', and The Times' ''Football's Top 50 Rising Stars''. Rabiu participated in the 2008 Bellinzona Under-19 International Tournament with Sporting, with the Portuguese eventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabiu Kwankwaso
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Mohammed Rabiu
Mohammed Rabiu Al-Hassan ( ar, محمد رابيو الحسن; born 31 December 1989), simply known as Mohammed Rabiu ( ), is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He has earned over 30 caps for the Ghana national team. Club career Early career Rabiu signed by Gimnàstic on 31 January 2008 from Liberty, at age 18, the minimum age for international transfer. He played his first game on 18 May 2008 against Sevilla Atlético, but left after 6 months and moved to Xerez CD. There, he played his first game on 11 November 2008 against CD Tenerife. On 7 August 2009. U.C. Sampdoria signed the Ghanaian midfielder on loan from Liberty Professionals FC, the powerful half-back will be part of Sampdoria's youth team. After a season, he joined Serie A outfit Udinese Calcio, as the club borrowed the registration quota from Sampdoria. Évian FC On 4 August 2010, he trained at Évian Thonon Gaillard for a possible loan, which was confirmed on late Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isyaku Rabiu
Isyaku Rabiu (9 October 1925 – 7 May 2018) was a Nigerian businessman and Islamic scholar who founded a major holding company in Kano State. He was a supporter of Ibrahim Niasse's Tijaniyyah brotherhood. Life Rabiu was born to the family of Muhammadu Rabiu Dan Tinki, a Quranic preacher from the Bichi area of Kano State who led his own Quranic school. From 1936 to 1942, Rabiu attended his father's school learning the Quran and Arabic. He then moved to Maiduguri, Borno for further Islamic education. After spending four years in Maiduguri, he returned to Kano prepared to be an Islamic scholar. In 1949, Rabiu was an independent teacher of Arabic and the Quran who had among his audience Ibrahim Musa Gashash. In the early 1950s while still a teacher, Rabiu began to engage in private enterprise and established Isyaku Rabiu & Sons in 1952. Originally the firm acted as an agent of UAC and was trading in sewing machines, religious books and bicycles. In 1958, the firm had a breakth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Samad Rabiu
Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu (was born 4 August 1960) is a Nigerian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. His late father, Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu, was one of Nigeria's foremost industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s. Abdul Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate concentrating on manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture and producing a revenue in excess of $2.5 billion. He is also the chairman of the Nigerian Bank of Industry (BOI). On 7 July 2020, ''Forbes'' estimated Rabiu's wealth at $3.2 billion, putting him 716th in the global billionaire's club. In January 2022, he was reported to be the second richest man in Nigeria. In April 2022 he was reported to be the fifth-richest man in Africa, with a net worth of $6.7 billion. Early life Abdul Samad Rabiu was born and raised in Kano in the north-western part of Nigeria. He attended Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and returned to Nigeria at the age of 24 to oversee the family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabiru Rabiu
Kabiru Rabiu (born 28 November 1980) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and currently serves as the group executive director of BUA Group. In 2020, he was named the best African economic leader under the age of 40 in the 100 African Economic Leaders for Tomorrow awards by the French Institut Choiseu. Education and career Rabiu received a bachelor's degree in management from Webster University Webster University is a private university with its main campus in Webster Groves, Missouri. It has multiple branch locations across the United States and countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs ..., London and had his master's degree from the American Intercontinental University in London. Rabiu started his career with Universal Rice Mills and later joined the Nigeria Oil Mills Limited where he served as the Assistant General Manager and later became the General Manager. In 2008, he became the executive director of the BUA Oil Mills Limited. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hausa Given Names
Hausa may refer to: * Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa * Hausa language, spoken in West Africa * Hausa Kingdoms, a historical collection of Hausa city-states * Hausa (horse) or Dongola horse, an African breed of riding horse See also * * Hausa music, the music of the Hausa people * Kannywood or Hausa movies, the Hausa-language film industry of Northern Nigeria * Xhosa (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
