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Nigeria

Muhammadu Buhari

Date of Birth: 17 December 1942
Place of Birth: Katsina State


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'No condition is permanent'

Thanks to the depth of the country's security and financial crises together with smart campaigning by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) millions of southerners dropped their reservations about Muhammadu Buhari and backed him in droves (AC Vol 56 No 7 A moment of truth for the General)...

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Mending fences

Jega's vigilance combined with the magnitude of the gap between Muhammadu Buhari and Jonathan limited the PDP's options...


INEC and high-tech

Jega's vigilance combined with the magnitude of the gap between Muhammadu Buhari and Jonathan limited the PDP's options...


Biya’s emerging dream

By the standards of central African protocol Biya's message of congratulations to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari was effusive: 'On the occasion of your brilliant election to your country's highest office I am particularly pleased to extend to you my warm and heart-felt congratulations as well as my wishes for success in the discharge of your lofty duties' (AC Vol 56 No 7 A moment of truth for the General)...


A moment of truth for the General

One of the first acts of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari's new government will be to establish a clear regime of accountability and transparency in managing the country's oil and gas revenue a senior member of the transition team told Africa Confidential...

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The rigging in Rivers

Amaechi brought the opposition presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari to the oil capital Port Harcourt to launch his national campaign...


Votes, damned lies and opinion polls

At the beginning of the year some of President Goodluck Jonathan's advisors were telling Africa Confidential that their private polling showed their man 'almost tied' with the APC's Muhammadu Buhari...


On the waterfront

There is little question that Jonathan will win far more votes in the 'south-south' or Niger Delta and the south-east than his opponent in the presidential race General Muhammadu Buhari (AC Vol 55 No 25 Political storm warning)...


Welcome back, General

Addressing a packed auditorium at Chatham House in London on 26 February General Muhammadu Buhari may have mused about his last big encounter with the British establishment...


Democracy delayed

Opposition politicians and civil activists see this as a reaction to a perceived groundswell of support in the north Middle Belt and south-west for the All Progressives Congress and the APC presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari...

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