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  • The father, Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, a former minister and chairman of First Bank in Nigeria, is shocked that his son was even was allowed to fly to the U.S., family members told the Nigerian newspaper This Day.

    The Detroit Bomber and the Post-9/11 Mentality | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • Alhaji Mutallab is the owner of the only Islamic Bank in Nigeria, Alhaji Mutallab has ties and interest in almost all the extremist muslim religious groups in Nigeria.

    Report: WH in full CYA/BDS mode over Christmas attack. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2010

  • Alhaji Samura, who was a transcriber for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is quoted as saying in Sierra Eye: I have read reviews of A Long Way Gone and from what I can see, the book appears to be fictional.

    2009 July 16 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2009

  • For the first time we have had an election that is close to what we expect, and he should not betray our cause, said property manager Alhaji Dauda Ibrahim Tsoho.

    Nigerians Have High Expectations for New President 2011

  • For the first time we have had an election that is close to what we expect, and he should not betray our cause, said property manager Alhaji Dauda Ibrahim Tsoho.

    Nigerians Have High Expectations for New President 2011

  • Alhaji Seidu Abanga, Fanteakwa District Co-ordinating Director, however, denied the allegations and said the group did not understand the concept of the two percent disability common fund.

    Disability organization in Ghana says government allocation missing BA Haller 2008

  • In recent years, numerous attacks by militias under the rebel leader Alhaji Dokubo-Asari have forced multinationals (against whom Dokubo-Asari has promised "all-out war") to cease pumping, causing oil prices on the world market to spike.

    Worse Than Iraq? 2006

  • In recent years, numerous attacks by militias under the rebel leader Alhaji Dokubo-Asari have forced multinationals (against whom Dokubo-Asari has promised "all-out war") to cease pumping, causing oil prices on the world market to spike.

    Worse Than Iraq? 2006

  • I remember my first was The Undesirable Element in which a young virtuous Hausa woman (Bintu or Binta...can't remember now) went to work in a big city (Kano , perhaps) and fell into the evil clutches of a lascivious Alhaji, which I think she eventually escaped.

    Pacesetter novels and popular reading culture in Africa uknaija 2005

  • I remember my first was The Undesirable Element in which a young virtuous Hausa woman (Bintu or Binta...can't remember now) went to work in a big city (Kano , perhaps) and fell into the evil clutches of a lascivious Alhaji, which I think she eventually escaped.

    Archive 2005-11-01 uknaija 2005

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