Muhammadu Buhari Listen ⓘ (17 December 1942 – 13 July 2025) was a Nigerian general and politician who ruled as military dictator of Nigeria [2] from 1983 to 1985, and later served as the democratically …

Jul 13, 2025 · After three failed attempts, Buhari achieved a historic victory in 2015, becoming the country's first opposition candidate to defeat an incumbent. In 2019, he was re-elected for another …

Jul 14, 2025 · Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military general who campaigned on rooting out government corruption, has died at age 82, the presidential press office …

Jul 13, 2025 · Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who led the country twice as a military head of state and a democratic president, has died aged 82.

Jul 13, 2025 · Muhammadu Buhari, an austere soldier and politician who led Nigeria as a feared military strongman in the 1980s and, three decades later, as a democratically elected president, died on …

Jul 13, 2025 · Buhari’s austere image and northern support base helped him build a national coalition that twice propelled him to the presidency, a rare feat in Nigerian politics.

Jul 13, 2025 · Nigeria's former president Muhammadu Buhari — who once ruled as a military dictator before returning decades later as an elected leader — has died at 82.

Jul 13, 2025 · Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari, who led the country twice as military ruler and elected president, died at 82 in London.

Jul 13, 2025 · Buhari died where he often went for treatment: London. A city he never made peace with publicly, but one that witnessed many of his most intimate, human moments — illness, recovery, …

Jul 13, 2025 · Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa's most populous country from 2015-23 and was the first Nigerian leader to oust an incumbent through the ballot box, died in …