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Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He also served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power from the Shehu Shagari ...
Muhammadu Buhari's tenure as the 15th president of Nigeria began with his first inauguration on 29 May 2015, and ended on 29 May 2023. A retired general and member of the All Progressives Congress from Katsina State, he previously served as military head-of-state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, when he was deposed in a military coup led by General Ibrahim Babangida.
In August 2015, Kyari was appointed Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. [15] [16] As chief of staff, he was widely considered to be the face of an infamous was that wielded high political powers in the government. [17] [18] During the administration's first term, he worked mainly behind the scenes to implement the president's agenda. [19]
Reagan’s net worth at the time of his death in 2004 was $13 million, the equivalent of about $17.89 million today. His wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan, had a net worth of $25 million at the time ...
The most powerful job in the country comes with a hefty share of responsibilities - but also a generous salary. American presidents earn $400,000 a year along with a $50,000 annual expense account....
In 2014, he joined the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2015 presidential election and contested the presidential primaries losing to Muhammadu Buhari. In 2017, he returned to the Peoples Democratic Party and was the party presidential candidate during the 2019 presidential election, again losing to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari ...
Sambo Dasuki, the National Security Adviser who allegedly masterminded the $2 billion arms deal. The $2 billion arms deal, or Dasukigate, [1] is an arms procurement deal in Nigeria that resulted in the embezzlement of $2 billion through the office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of Colonel Sambo Dasuki, the former National Security Adviser. [2]
In 1999, he was the President of UNICEF and later became UN Under Secretary-General and the first Special Adviser on Africa to the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan from 1999 to 2005. He was the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Political Affairs from 2005 to 2007 under Secretary-General's Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon .