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
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has praised DSS for raiding the home of Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho accusing him of being a militant ethnic secessionist. In a statement on Tuesday, Malam Garba Shehu, on behalf of
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has appealed to the Federal Government to increase the salaries of security operatives in order to motivate them to work harder. The press secretary of the Oluwo,
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to let the story of the abducted students from Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna repeat that of the Chibok schoolgirls, who have been
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) spoke on Wednesday, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to dialogue with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The group called on the Federal Government not to celebrate the arrest
Human rights activist and United States Army veteran, I. J. Onuigbo has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for his hatred and nepotism against the people of the South East. In a video making rounds on social
The Olowu of Owu-Kuta in Osun, Adekunle Makama, accuses President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of not taking care of them, saying traditional rulers earn below N25,000 monthly, The monarch stated this while fielding questions from journalists
A lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Constituency of Osun State in the House of Representatives Oluwole Oke ,lectures President Muhammadu Buhari on how to to engage the services of experts to properly address the nation’s current economic
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday says many Nigerians are now dumping white collar jobs for farming due to the policies of his government which has enhanced agriculture which is also generating more jobs for people.
The former governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife has faulted the Federal Government for pushing people of the South-East out of Nigeria. The ex-governor of Anambra pointed fingers at the Buhari-led administration for showing
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration says it employed 100,000 cooks to provide nine million schoolchildren with free meals, promising to feed an additional five million pupils by 2024. Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has Castigated the fatal attack on Yoruba separatist leader Sunday Igboho’s home on Thursday, claiming Nigerian lives have no value to President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime. Meanwhile, the SSS has
The UK and Nigerian governments have met over issues bordering on President Muhammadu Buhari’s Twitter ban, terrorism, and the Petroleum Industry Bill (Bill). The two governments also deliberated on asset recovery, anti-corruption, amendment of the
In other to enhance business relations between the two countries, the President of France Emmanuel Macron, has appointed Kano-born billionaire businessman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, as the President of France-Nigeria Business Council (FNBC). Macron appointed Rabiu,
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerians are to blame for all the problems bedeviling the country. He urged Nigerians to stop blaming ethnicity and religion. The President spoke while receiving members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo
President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has been canceled the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which he usually heads. There has been no official reason given for the cancellation.