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
Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has reacted as Boko Haram attacked Borno State shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit. Omokri said the latest attack has exposed Buhari as “clueless” and a decoration.
Protesters in maiduguri on Wednesday booed President Muhammadu Buhari when he travelled to Maiduguri to “sympathise” over recent Boko Haram attacks. A video circulated on social media showed hundreds of protesters on the road while
President Buhari raised these concerns at the African Union Peace and Security Council Summit on Situations in Libya and the Sahel in Addis Ababa on Saturday A statement from the Nigerian Embassy in Addis Ababa,
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday attended the 29th Forum of Heads of State and Government of participating States of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina has claimed that Nigeria would have been dead and gone if the president was not elected in 2015. In a new article titled
The announcement of the Visa on Arrival policy last December by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aswan Forum, in Egypt, was greeted with loads of condemnation from some quarters, largely due to misconception, and, perhaps,
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday received an important briefing by the new Economic Advisory Council (EAC), giving firm commitment that his administration will be bound by their advice on economy related matters. At a meeting with
President Muhammadu Buhari has maintained that his promise to end Boko Haram and other forms of criminalities during his inauguration as President in 2015 has been kept. Buhari added that the subsequent decimation of the
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to apologise over his claim that 90 per cent of Boko Haram targets are Muslims. The main opposition party in a statement, in Abuja on
The presidency has reacted to the claim by the Nigerian Christian Association, CAN, that 80 percent to 90 percent of the Chibok schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity are Christians. Recall that President Buhari on Tuesday
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari over his claim that 90 per cent of Boko Haram’s victims were Muslims. The claim which attracted criticisms from
President Muhammadu Buhari has said seeing the wreck caused by the Boko Haram insurgency as a national threat and not a religious battle is a step towards winning the war. Mr Buhari said this in
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met with the Ondo State governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja THISDAY gathered that the meeting was to enable Akeredolu, who is the chairman of South West Governors,
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Super Eagles attacker and Assistant Coach, Daniel Amokachi, Nigeria’s Football Ambassador. A statement issued by Garba Shehu Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) in Abuja on
President Muhammadu Buhari has officially presented to the public the Nigeria Visa Policy (NVP) for the year 2020. He presented the document at the State House in Abuja, on Tuesday. The document is a revised
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