Buhari, Nigeria and President
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Nigeria's late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a London clinic on Sunday aged 82, will be buried in his northern home state of Katsina on Tuesday, the state governor said. Buhari, a former military ruler after a coup in the 1980s,
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But Nigeria refused to bend to Mr Buhari’s will. Almost 500 politicians and businessmen were arrested for corruption and sent to jail by military tribunals. A new currency was issued to flush out the stashes piled floor to ceiling in the homes of the elite. For many military men this purge was too close for comfort—and too uncompromising.
Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who led the country twice as a military head of state and a democratic president, has died aged 82, his press secretary said Sunday. Buhari died Sunday in London,
The former president’s death has cracked open the 2027 race, exposing a fierce contest over who now controls the massive bloc of northern voters that powered him to office and kept him relevant through two terms and three prior defeats.
Men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria paid their last respects to former President Muhammadu Buhari in grand style Former President Buhari died at the age of 82 in a London hospital on Sunday, July 13, 2025.