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
It was only a miracle that Yusuf, the only son of President Muhammadu Buhari recovered from a power bike accident he was involved in on December 26, 2017. This is according to the Senior Special
Nigeria’s Labour and Employment Minister, Dr Chris Ngige has said President Muhammadu Buhari went to the UK for medical treatment to enable him seek a second opinion on his health. Speaking to The Nation, Ngige
Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that it tortured Sa’idu Afaka, President Muhammadu Buhari’s driver, to death. On Wednesday, in a statement by its spokesperson, Dr. Peter Afunanya, the DSS said the report
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has submitted that those who coordinated the recent attacks in his state want to use it to destabilize the government. He held that their plan for launching the attack was
The outspoken human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has asked the Federal Government to arrest the renowned Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, before planning to arrest Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Igboho. Recall that former Minister
President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of not commanding the respect of his service chiefs and Nigerians. Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stated that Nigerians and service chiefs no longer take the President serious when it
The United States has described the manifestation of corruption under President Muhammadu Buhari as “widespread and pervasive”. The U.S. in its 2020 annual report on human rights said Mr. Buhari’s government has failed to take
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in London, the United Kingdom for his routine medical check-up. Upon arrival in the UK on Tuesday night (Nigerian time), President Buhari was immediately led into a waiting car by
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Nigeria for London, the United Kingdom for a medical check-up. The President, shortly after he hosted a meeting with the security chiefs, flew in one of the jets at the
Senator Ahmad Lawan, Nigeria’s number three citizen, has reacted to a media report that he is supporting a tenure extension for President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement made by his Special Adviser on Media, Ola
On Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari launched an ambitious plan by Nigeria to entirely power its economy with gas by the year 2030. Nigeria, the sixth largest gas country and ninth in gas export, consumes very
The incompetent President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has again borrowed money, about $2.6 billion, to construct the Lagos-Ibadan railway. Late Monday, the Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this in an interview with Channels TV, providing further
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the leadership of the National Assembly at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Gistlover reports that Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila
Nigerians on social media have expressed their different opinions on President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to London for “routine medical checkup.” President Muhammadu Buhari, is billed to depart Nigeria on Tuesday (today) for the United Kingdom
The President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has purchased no fewer than 32 fighter aircraft for the military since 2015 when it came to power while the Boko Haram insurgency, banditry and herdsmen raged in the country.
