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
President Muhammadu Buhari revealed that he was an orphan while addressing the crowd in Hausa He also reveals how he spent nine years in a boarding school and was later enlisted into the Nigerian Army
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that one of the legacies he wants to leave behind is free, fair, transparent elections and smooth transitions. Buhari who said this on Monday, November 28, at the opening session
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to stop complaining of hunger and return to the farm instead. He spoke during an interview with Tambari Hausa TV, adding that despite the flood ravaging farming communities, Nigeria
President Buhari says he is fully in support of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s move to redesign the naira notes. Recall that the apex bank’s decision to redesign the N1,000, N500, and N200 notes, caused
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for calm amid alerts by the United States and United Kingdon over a possible terror attack on Abuja, the capital city. The president in a statement by his spokesperson Garba
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, presented the 2023 Budget to the National Assembly. The budget has been named “Budget of Fiscal Consolidation and Transition”. President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, presented the 2023 Budget to the National Assembly. The budget
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived at the national assembly to present the 2023 appropriation bill. The budget presentation, which is the last before he hands over to his successor, is taking place at the improvised
Buhari has said that when he assumed office in 2015, he inherited a country at crossroads with bombs detonating in cities across the country. The President stated this when he spoke at the passing-out parade and
First Lady Aisha Buhari has revealed that her husband and President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for many years. Aisha said her husband suffered PTSD for many years after his
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed the federal government’s plan to eliminate the consumption of kerosene by 2030 when gas supply would have been total.This announcement was made in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he that he was happy to have visited Imo state to commission the recent project by him. He noted that he was received well from the people of Imo State
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural organization in Igbo land, , has rejected offer to rename the University of Nigeria Nsukka after Queen Elizabeth. Recall that a former presidential aspirant of the Young Progressives Party, Adamu
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State made the call on Wednesday during the inauguration of the newly built office complex at the Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, OSOPADEC, in Oba-Ile, Akure. Akeredolu said
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned state visit to the country in September 2022. According to SaharaReporters, the Qatar Embassy in Abuja made the Head of
Current president of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari will likely propose the 2023 budget to the National Assembly in September, barring any changes. This revealation was made on Monday in Abuja at a workshop on budget
