Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, who has died age 82 in a London clinic, was a former military ruler and self-styled converted democrat who returned to power through elections but struggled to convince Nigerians he could deliver on the change he promised. Never a natural politician,
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the passing of his predecessor, President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari died today in London at about 4.30 pm, following a prolonged illness. President Tinubu has spoken with Mrs Aisha Buhari, the former President’s widow and offered his deep condolences. President Tinubu has also ordered Vice President Kashim Shettima
.The news was confirmed in a brief statement released by his former spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Sunday afternoon. Reports indicate that Buhari died on Sunday while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the United Kingdom.
Garba Shehu, former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has revealed that the widely circulated story about rats overrunning the Presidential Villa was a calculated fabrication aimed at distracting Nigerians from Buhari’s health challenges. In his newly released book, According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesperson’s Experience, launched on
Three aggrieved members of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, have approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, asking it to sack the Senator David Mark-led interim leadership of the party. The plaintiffs- Adeyemi Emmanuel, Ayodeji Victor Tolu and Haruna Ismaila- further challenged the membership of Senator Mark and others who were appointed as interim leaders […]
President Bola Tinubu has said that the days of empty promises and abandoned projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other parts of the country are over. Tinubu stated this in Abuja on Friday, while inaugurating the newly rehabilitated Aguma Palace, Radio Nigeria, New Market Road and other connecting roads in Gwagwalada. The project […]










