Each one who came before him, he gave a certificate of no objection. “You want to run? Ok”. And, don’t forget that even that crowd who went for the primary, there was one that he saw very close to him. Recall the joke in Buhari’s 2015 statement, “I belong to everyone, I belong to no one”. That was politics he played…”

“The president said, if it is for my country? I will accept. But the Emir said, “No, it’s for you personally, so that you can also use after you leave office.”

Garba Shehu, former media aide to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the former leader’s regular medical trips abroad were not a rejection of Nigeria’s healthcare system but a matter of personal preference.

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has revealed that his wife cautioned him against publicly criticising the late former President Muhammadu Buhari following his death earlier in July 2025. Fayose made the disclosure on Friday during an appearance on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. He said, “The people in Nigeria only praise the […]

By Ogalah Ibrahim The president of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has travelled to Daura in Katsina State to pay his respects following the death of Nigeria’s former leader Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as “a symbol of integrity and African unity”. Barrow, accompanied by his wife, Fatoumata Bah-Barrow, arrived on Friday afternoon at Umaru Musa Yar’adua […]

The Nigerian Senate came to a solemn halt on Wednesday as lawmakers held a special valedictory session in honour of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away in London on Sunday, July 13, at the age of 82. Senators hailed Buhari’s lifelong service to Nigeria and commended President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Government for renaming the University of Maiduguri after him.

The Association of the Parents of the Missing Chibok Girls has joined other Nigerians and the international community in mourning the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, while renewing calls for the rescue of the 87 schoolgirls still missing since their abduction in 2014.

The Senate has scheduled a special session for Wednesday in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, to reflect on his legacy and contributions to national development following his recent passing.

As tributes continue to pour in following the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari, a former Director of Public Affairs at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Dr. Abubakar Jimoh has defended the late President, urging Nigerians to direct their anger elsewhere.

In the 2003 Obasanjo/Buhari presidential contest, Buhari recorded 2.7m votes. In the next election, he got 12.7m votes. In 2007, it came to 6.6m, it went back to 12.2m in 2011

The family of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed profound gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and other dignitaries in Nigeria and across the globe for their overwhelming support during the period of mourning and burial of the former Nigerian leader.

The irony is haunting; they flee the very system they were elected to fix but refused to do so. Former President Muhammadu Buhari of blessed memory, between 2015 and 2023, became the symbol of Nigeria’s elite medical tourism culture. He was reported to have spent over 200 days abroad for treatment, mainly in London, during his time in office.

Inflation, broken promises, souls and stomachs emptied as expectations crashed. His apology on the BBC ”rashin iya aiki”

By Bashir Bello DAURA — Daura, the hometown of the late President Muhammadu Buhari, last Tuesday hosted an unprecedented crowd of dignitaries, relatives and sympathisers who came to paytheir final respects as the late General was laid to rest. Traffic bottlenecks were observed on all the major roads leading into thetown, as mourners arrived in […]

PICTURE a dusty afternoon in Daura, Katsina State. The nation had gathered to bid farewell to Muhammadu Buhari, former military ruler, two-term president, and a towering figure in Nigeria’s modern history. It was a solemn moment, marked by military honours and a 21-gun salute.