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
Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed into law, the revised N10.8 trillion budget for the year 2020 passed by the National Assembly in June. Appending his assent on the revised budget, at the Council Chamber, Presidential
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday sign into law the revised 2020 budget passed by the National Assembly in June. Mr Buhari’s personal assistant on new media, Bashr Ahmad, confirmed this on his Twitter handle
The Federal Government has canceled the resumption of schools for graduating classes. This was announced by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, while speaking to State House Correspondents the weekly Federal Executive Council presided over
A candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Edo State Governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government for the deployment of a six thousand liters capacity
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja commiserated with the families of victims of recent boat mishaps on inland waterways in Benue and Lagos States. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja condemned what he called “the dastardly attack on UN aid helicopter in the Northeast on Saturday by the Boko Haram terrorists”. In a reaction to the reports of
President Buhari has applauded the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo for his efforts towards making Nigeria a polio-free nation through his excellent leadership qualities. The president thanked all the members of the taskforce who helped in
Reno Omokri has taken another swipe at the presidency by targeting Buhari’s appointment of Governor Umar Ganduje as the head of the National Campaign Council for APC in Edo. Reno Omokri criticised Governor Umar Ganduje
The United Nations (UN) has launched a Poverty Eradication Group to confront the enduring, complex and multi-sided challenge posed by the scourge of poverty to humanity around the world. President Muhammadu Buhari in a video
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTF on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, who raised the concern on Thursday during the daily press briefing by the task force in Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari has again, addressed Nigerians on the efforts of its government to contain the coronavirus pandemic (covid-19) that is ravaging the country 4 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved renewal of the appointments of
President, Muhammadu Buhari , has appointed a native of Abonnema local government area of Rivers State, Mrs. Opunimi Akinkugbe, as an ambassadorial nominee for Ondo State. She schooled at the London School of Economics and
Co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls campaign group, Aisha Yusufu has fired the Muhammadu Buhari claiming the President’s work is no different from the ‘Gucci Master’, Hushpuppi’s fraudulent deals. Yusufu backed his words with a throwback video
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration has raised alarm over rising cases of insecurity and vandalism in the territory. Abuja Residents of Abaji, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, may rejoice as
President Buhari has expressed fear of the Coronavirus pandemic making people poorer. Speaking in a recorded video message to a virtual high-level UN meeting on trends, options and strategies in poverty eradication across the world,
