Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and retired Nigerian army major general who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. He was the military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, succeeding Shehu Shagari following the 1983 Nigerian coup d'état.

Muhammadu Buhari 's tenure as the 15th president of Nigeria began with his first inauguration on 29 May 2015, and ended on 29 May 2023. A retired general and member of the All Progressives Congress from Katsina State, he previously served as military head-of-state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, when he was deposed in a military coup ...

Nov 18, 2023 · Muhammadu Buhari is a Nigerian former military general and politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. He was the first to win from an opposition party, APC, since the return of democracy in 1999.

Mar 13, 2025 · Buhari made it clear that he would never abandon the party that gave him the platform to lead Nigeria for two terms.

May 20, 2023 · When he steps down next week President Muhammadu Buhari will be leaving Nigerians less secure, poorer and more in debt than when he came to office in 2015. The …

Mar 31, 2015 · Buhari is a Muslim from Nigeria’s poorer North, while Jonathan hails from a Christian and animist South that is rich with oil. After Jonathan’s victory in 2011, amid …

President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. President Buhari was born on 17thDecember, 1942 in Daura, Katsina State to Adamu and Zulaiha Buhari. President Buhari was raised by his mother, following the death of his father when he was about four years old.

Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR (born 17 December 1942) was the President of Nigeria and a former Major General in the Nigerian Army.

Apr 19, 2022 · The current President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, was born on December 17, 1942, in Daura, Katsina, Nigeria. His parents were Mallam Hardo Adamu and wife, Zulaihat. He was the 23rd child of his father. At the age of 19, Buhari enrolled in the Nigeria Military Training College at Kaduna, Kaduna state.

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