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
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the commitment of his government to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within the next 10 years. Buhari said this on Tuesday in a video message to a high-level
President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated the willingness of his administration to lift over 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within the next 10 years. The president made this known in a recent submission to the
The Benin Traditional Council (BTC), has described as fake news, the allegation that the Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, insulted President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement, the BTC via its Secretary, Mr Frank Irabor, described
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised members of the governing party, All Progressives Congress (APC), to withdraw all pending litigations against one another, and settle for internal conciliation. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the $2.592bn
the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has revealed that the president “His Excellency, President Buhari has confirmed another phase of the eased lockdown. The Immediate Past Director General, National Agency for the Control of
Governor Atiku Bagudu has revealed that President Buhari now has a peace of mind after the crisis plaguing the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been resolved. Bagudu revealed this at an interview with state house
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has declined reports that he spent N35 billion on the elections of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and 2019. A report had cited Tinubu as
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has upheld argument by President Muhammadu Buhari that it lacked the jurisdiction to entertain allegation of corrupt practices and voters’ inducement raised against Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the petition
President Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and others are currently in the National Executive Council meeting of the All Progressives Congress, led by Victor Giadom, which is taking place at the State House Abuja. Governors
The National Working Committee of the ruling APC has been dissolved following the recent NEC meeting. Per what we gathered, Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has been inaugurated to head the APC caretaker committee
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken another turn as President Buhari has been accused of supporting “illegality” by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national working committee (NWC). Yesterday that
Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant on New Media to President Buhari, has revealed why Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not be attending the APC’s National Executive Committee meeting scheduled to hold on today. The NEC meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with the leadership of the Progressives Governors Forum, led by Gov. Atiku Bagudu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bagudu was accompanied by Governors Simon Lalong of Plateau and Badaru Abubakar
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in a recent submission registered his displeasure over the fact that the convener of the Katsina protest over the unending killings has been arrested. He added that more protests would be seen
Nigerians on social media have reacted angrily to the statement published o the department of states website, In the statement published on the Department of States website on Tuesday, June 16, the U.S. urged the
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