Yakubu is an English transliteration of a West African name and is a cognate of
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Yakubu Yakubu is an English transliteration of a West African name and is a cognate of Jacob and James. Notable people with the name include:
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* Yakubu (born 1982 as Yakubu Ayegbeni), Nigerian footballer
* Yakubu (Gobir ruler), historical ruler ...
(born 1982 as Yakubu Ayegbeni), Nigerian footballer
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Yakubu (Gobir ruler)
Yakubu was ruler of the Hausa city-state of Gobir (in what is now northern Nigeria) from 1795 to 1801. Succeeding Bawa, Yakubu waged a number of military campaigns. His reign is also noted for a deterioration of relations between the Hausa elite ...
, historical ruler of the Hausa city-state of Gobir
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Yakubu II, most recent ruler of the Kingdom of Dagbon
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Yakubu Abubakar Akilu (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
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Yakubu Adamu
Yakubu Adamu (born 4 October 1981) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as defender. He played for one season in the Bundesliga with FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli ( ...
(born 1981), Nigerian footballer
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Yakubu Adesokan
Yakubu Adesokan (born 16 July, 1979) is a Nigeria, Nigerian powerlifter. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 48 kg, men's 48 kg powerlifting event, lifting .
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(born 1979), Nigerian powerlifter
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Yakubu Alfa
Yakubu Alfa (born 31 December 1990 in Minna) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Niger Tornadoes F.C. He plays as a central midfielder with scoring and assisting ability.
Career
Alfa moved on 8 January 2009 from Niger Tornadoes F.C. ...
(born 1990), Nigerian footballer
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Yakubu Bako
Colonel (retired) Yakubu Bako was governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.
Bako graduated from La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madis ...
, Nigerian governor
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Yakubu Dogara
Yakubu Dogara (born 26 December 1967) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria.
Dogara is a member of the PDP who has served as the House of Representatives Member for Bogo ...
(born 1967), Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives
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Yakubu Gowon (born 1934), head of state of Nigeria
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Yakubu Gowon Airport
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Yakubu Gowon Stadium
Yakubu Gowon Stadium (formerly ''Liberation Stadium'') is a multi-purpose stadium in the Elekahia suburb of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Rivers United F.C., formerly Dolphin ...
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Yakubu Itua
Justice Yakubu Itua (October 9, 1941 – August 8, 2006) was a Nigerian jurist and formal member of the federal House of Representatives in 1983. He was appointed a judge in the Edo state judiciary in 1999, by the then military governor of Edo ...
(1941–2006), Nigerian jurist
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Yakubu Tali, Ghanaian politician
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Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer
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Ahmadu Yakubu
Ahamadu Yakubu was a Nigerian born polo player.
Life
It is believed he was born somewhere between the late 1940s or mid-1950s in Batchama to Kaka Yakubu. At 4 he was working in the fields scaring away birds from the crops with a slingshot. At 11 ...
, Nigerian-born polo player
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Andrew Yakubu
Andrew Laah Yakubu (born 10 September 1955) is a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. He was given the appointment by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 201He and the management team were relieved of t ...
(born 1955), Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
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Balaraba Ramat Yakubu
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu (born 1959) is a Nigerian author who writes in Hausa. She is a leader in the genre of '' littattafan soyayya'' or "love literature", and one of the very few Hausa-language writers whose work has been translated into English. ...
(born 1959), Nigerian author
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Bawa Andani Yakubu, traditional ruler of Gushegu and former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service
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Garba Yakubu Lado, Nigerian businessman
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Hawa Yakubu (1948–2007), Ghanaian politician
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Ismail Yakubu (born 1985), English footballer
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John Yakubu John Yakubu is a former chairman of Esan North-East local government area. He was the running mate of Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the People's Democratic Party nominee in the 2016 Edo State gubernatorial election
The 2016 Edo State gubernatorial election ...
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Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu
Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu (born February 1958) is a Ghanaian politician and a former member of the Parliament of Ghana for the Kumbungu constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the National Democratic Con ...
(born 1958), Ghanaian politician
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Haruna Yakubu (born 1955), Ghanaian academic
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Mahmood Yakubu, Nigerian academic
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Malik Yakubu, Deputy Speaker of the Ghanaian parliament
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Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu
Malik al-Hassan Yakubu is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Ghana. He is a Ghanaian politician and a Member of parliament for the Yendi constituency. He was previously Minister of Interior, but resigned in 2002 amid accusations of back ...
, member of the Pan-African Parliament from Ghana
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Shaibu Yakubu
Shaibu Yakubu (born November 2, 1986, in Obuasi) is a Ghanaian football player who plays for Adıyamanspor in Turkey.
Career
In 2008 Yakubu moved to Hacettepe Spor Kulübü in the Süper Lig, before joining Kartalspor in 2009. Then he moved t ...
(born 1986), Ghanaian footballer
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Yusif Yakubu (born 1976), Ghanaian footballer
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