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
The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari sympathies with the families of the deceased members of the National Youth Service Corps who died on Wednesday in a road accident on Abaji/Kwali expressway, Abuja. The President in
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to increase the budget for the education sector by as much as 50 per cent over the next two years. In the long term, he promised that budgetary allocation to
President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently in the United Kingdom, has shunned the Abuja House where he usually stays in order to avoid the crowd of Nigerian protesters who have mobilized to the venue. Buhari,
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to travel to the United Kingdom on Monday, said his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Adesina, in a statement, explained that the President would embark on the
The Nigerian government has said it was not aware of the controversial tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that was deleted by the microblogging platform. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and the federal government
According to , the National Publicity Secretary Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kola Ologbondiyan, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is Nigeria’s worst in history, he said this statement in reaction to the President’s claim that his
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday 22nd July 2021 while meeting with some of his party men insists he has done his best to salvage the country’s precipitous situation, which is ironic cause standard of living
Yoruba’s socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere Group, in the United Kingdom and Europe, has questioned the governance system of President Muhammadu Buhari, in which Nigeria is on the verge of collapse. In a statement by the Secretary
President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has mentioned that it will be in the best interest of the country to remain united regardless of the recurring differences among her cultures. Buhari made this disclosure during the
Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Igboho was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic by security operatives in the West African country. Igboho was arrested Monday night after fleeing Nigeria to evade arrest by Nigeria’s secret police. A
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari while sending greetings on the occasion of Eid-el-Adha, linked the current challenges facing the country to the COVID-19 pandemic, insecurity and flooding that hindered local production for self-sustenance. He renewed his
The Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, has confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed seven North-West governors to end banditry in the region. The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Governors’ Forum, stated this
Senator Rufai Hanga, founder and pioneer national chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) which President Muhammadu Buhari once contested for a presidential election on, has revealed that there was an agreement that
President Muhammadu Buhari has paid N5billion into the Katsina state’s account to kick-start the development of cattle ranches in the state, this was revealed by the State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, he further said the
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki tackles the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for trying to shift the blame for the rising insecurity to Eighth Senate ,Saraki in a statement by his media aide, Yusuf Olaniyonu, described Adesina’s
