Yakubu is an English transliteration of a West African name and is a cognate of
Jacob
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James
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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
* Yakubu (Gobir ruler), historical ruler of the Hausa city-state of Gobir
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Yakubu II
Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II (born 1945–2002) was the King of Dagbon, the traditional kingdom of the Dagomba people in northern Ghana, from 31 May 1974 until his assassination on 27 March 2002. He was born in August 1945 in Sagnarigu, a subur ...
, most recent ruler of the Kingdom of Dagbon
* Yakubu Abubakar Akilu (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
* Yakubu Adamu (born 1981), Nigerian footballer
* Yakubu Adesokan (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 Bog ...
(born 1967), Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives
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Yakubu Gowon
Yakubu Dan-Yumma 'Jack' Gowon (born 19 October 1934) is a retired Nigerian Army general and military leader. As Head of State of Nigeria, Gowon presided over a controversial Nigerian Civil War and delivered the famous "no victor, no vanquish ...
(born 1934), head of state of Nigeria
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Yakubu Gowon Airport
Yakubu Gowon Airport , also known as Jos Airport, is an airport serving Jos, the capital of the Plateau State of Nigeria. It was named after Yakubu Gowon, the Nigerian head of state from 1966 to 1975.
Airlines and destinations
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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
Tolon Naa Alhaji Yakubu Alhassan Tali (1916-1986) was a Ghanaian politician, Paramount Chief of the Tolon Traditional Area and founding member of the Northern People's Party.
From 1965 to 1968 he was Ghana's High Commissioner to Lagos (Niger ...
, Ghanaian politician
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Abubakari Yakubu
Abubakari Yakubu (13 December 1981 – 31 October 2017) was a Ghanaian footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder but also as a defender.
Club career
Born in Tema, Yakubu joined AFC Ajax at only 17, going on to remain in the Netherl ...
(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 ...
(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
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Bawa Andani Yakubu, MV (1926 - 2002) was a police officer, politician and king. He was an Inspector General of Police in Ghana. He also served in the National Liberation Council (NLC) government. He was the Gushie-Naa or Gushie King u ...
, traditional ruler of Gushegu and former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service
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Garba Yakubu Lado
Garba Yakubu Lado Danmarke (born 1961) is a Nigerian businessman who became a Member of the House of Representatives (2003–2007) and was elected a Federal Senator in April 2007 for Katsina South constituency of Katsina State as a member of the P ...
, Nigerian businessman
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Hawa Yakubu
Hawa Yakubu Ogede (24 March 1948 – 20 March 2007) was a Ghanaian politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the Fourth Republic of Ghana and also served as Minister for Tourism.
Early life and education
Hawa Yakubu was born at Tarkwa in ...
(1948–2007), Ghanaian politician
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Ismail Yakubu
Ismail Salami Yakubu, (born 8 April 1985) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Southern Football League side Merthyr Town. He has been capped for the England semi-professional team.
Club career Barnet
Yakubu was bo ...
(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 ...
, Nigerian politician
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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
Haruna Yakubu (born 24 October 1955) is the Vice-Chancellor of University for Development Studies.
Education
He obtained a Master of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics in 1984 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Semiconductor Physics i ...
(born 1955), Ghanaian academic
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Mahmood Yakubu
Mahmood Yakubu (born 1962) is a Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mahmood was appointed to office by President Muhammadu Buhari on 21 October 2015, succeeding Amina Zakari, who served as ...
, Nigerian academic
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Malik 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 ...
, 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
* Shaibu Yakubu (born 1986), Ghanaian footballer
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Yusif Yakubu
Yusif Yakubu (born 4 September 1976) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He scored a total of 148 I-League goals from 2000 to 2014,