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 governor of Kaduna state, Mallam El Rufai’s failed attempt to force President Muhammadu Buhari out office during the President’s medical leave in London is now a subject of investigation by the Nigerian government, with
As investigation reportedly commences Former Nigerian leader(s), some top northern elements, Emir(s), Shiite figures fingered Fears heightened over Buhari’s chances of surviving poison effect
The president returned to Nigeria on Friday, March 10 after spending 51 days in the UK although he could not attend Jumat that same day as it was reported that he was jetlagged from the
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, wrote a comprehensive letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on his performance and governance so far, and he had recommendations on steps Buhari must take.
By allowing the State Security Service to undermine him in his quest to make Ibrahim Magu substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), President Muhammadu Buhari has lost control of his government
The hide and seek between the Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu and the Department of State Services (DSS) is far from being over as it has been disclosed
Senate President, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, were locked in a closed-door meeting at the Presential Villa, Abuja with President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Archbishop of Canterbury visited President Buhari at the Abuja house in London today. As usual, Nigerians have reacted to the photo of the President and the archbishop.