Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (born 17 December 1942) is the President of Nigeria, in office since 2015. He is a retired major general in the Nigerian Army and previously served as the nation’s head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a military coup d’état.
The term Buharism is ascribed to the Buhari military government
He unsuccessfully ran for the office of president in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 general elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the March 2015 general elections. Buhari won the election, defeating the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. This marked the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost to an opposition candidate in a general election. He was sworn in on 29 May 2015.
Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he takes responsibility for anything over which he presided during his military rule, and that he cannot change the past. He has described himself as a “converted democrat
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, apprised President Muhammadu Buhari of the activities lined up by the National Assembly, saying after the meeting that Nigeria is a poor nation that has no option but to
A director in the Ministry of Industry Trade and Investments, Kemi Arodudu has disclosed that, the federal government expects the forthcoming ‘EnjoyNigeria Expo’ to create 100,000 new jobs between 2021 and 2023 in the trade
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed that the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari would be traveling to London, the United Kingdom on Friday June 25, 2021, the was made
The student, whose name had yet to be ascertained, was suspended for one week. The Borno State College of Nursing and Midwifery has suspended a student for refusing to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari when he
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has for two years been funding IPI Solutions, a software engineering firm owned by Adamu Garba to produce Crowwe, a platform, that would help the government silence existing social media
The federal government has presented a letter of credence to the immediate past Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd) as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to the Benin Republic. Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey
The Holy Father, who gave the assurance when he received a letter of credence from the Nigerian Ambassador to the Holy See, Ambassador Paul Oga Adikwu, said he would endeavor to ensure that security crisis
Femi Fani-Kayode, has called out Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, for asking the Federal Government to stop killing bandits. The Islamic cleric in an interview with Punch on Monday had urged President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to
Buhari led administration has announced the National Humanitarian Development Peace Framework which is geared towards making humanitarian interventions in Nigeria timely, effective, and coordinated between the governments, as well as humanitarian and security agencies. Minister
In clear breach of Nigeria Police Act which he signed, President Buhari sidestepped the only qualified police officer, who is from the South, to appoint a northern Inspector General. President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, has said the Federal Government expended over $5bn since 2016 to fight poverty in the country.The minister said the President, Major General
President Muhammadu Buhari will participate in the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, June 19, 2021. The President, who will depart Abuja on
The five new permanent secretaries were part of the 11 directors on Salary Grade Level 17 in the Federal Civil Service, who sat for the Information Communication Technology (ICT) proficiency test on June 3 as
Buhari said this when he received members of the board of MTN Group led by its President and Chief Executive Officer, Ralph Mupita, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday. President Muhammadu Buhari has
Speaking in Borno State on Thursday, June 17, the President said, “My commitment to serve Nigerians is a payback for the love shown to me. I started my political adventure in Maiduguri and I always
