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
Nineteen new cases of COVID-19 has been confirmed by the NCDC, taking Nigeria’s total infections to 362. Fourteen of the new cases are in Lagos, two in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, while Kano, Akwa
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech on COVID-19. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition party said the presidential speech is very disappointing Ologbondiyan
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, announced the extension of the restriction of movement in Lagos, Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory by another 14 days over the coronavirus pandemic. The president, in
The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians to adhere to proven guidelines on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to curb its spread in the country. Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, made the call
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 election, Omoyele Sowore has described President Buhari’s government as the ”virus destroying Nigeria.” Commenting on the Coronavirus pandemic Nigeria has been battling with since
President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians by 7pm on Monday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced this in a statement hours before President Buhari is scheduled to address
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday, alleged that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government hates the Southeast. IPOB claimed that the lopsidedness of government’s on-going disbursement of palliative to poor Nigerians to cushion
Human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw armed troops from the streets, amid the lockdown put in place because of the COVID-19 outbreak. This was contained in a
Imam of Peace Attacks Buhari Again, Reveals All He Begged In Private Popular Islamic cleric, Imam of Peace, has taken a shot at the Nigerian government. Yesterday, the Ministry of Finance via its Twitter handle,
President Muhammdu Buhari has appointed two new medical directors for Federal Government owned hospitals. They are Dr Bassey Eyo Edet and Dr. Aisha Adamu. While Edet will head Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, Cross River, Adamu will
Reno Omokri, a strong critic of President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that if he returns back into the country with the latter still in power, then he would be severely dealt with.
Femi Fani Kayode, a former minister for aviation has berated the presidency following its description of professor Wole Soyinka as a mere fiction writer following his criticism of the presidency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB, has reacted to the lock down in a bid to tackle the spread of Coronavirus. Kanu lamented that hunger may kill poor Nigerians as
Popular Nigeria singer Simisola Ogunleye simply known and addressed as Simi has taken to her official Twitter handle to lament why everything must be begged for in the country.
The tweet, which went out at about 12:55 pm said the meeting was held at the President’s residence in the Villa, adding that the meeting was ongoing at the time of tweeting. It read, “JUST
