President-elect Maj. Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari (retd.), has made the TIME’s list
of 100 most influential people in the
world.
Also included in the 2015 list are a
former Minister of Education and an
advocate of the
BringBackOurGirlsGroup, Mrs. Obiageli
Ezekwesili; award-winning novelist,
Chimamanda Adichie, and leader of the
Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar
Shekau.
The TIME 100 is an annual list of 100
most influential people in the world
whose works are changing the world,
regardless of the consequences of their
actions.
Described as “a new choice for
Nigeria,” TIME’s Africa Bureau Chief,
Aryn Baker, said Buhari made history in
March by becoming the first candidate
to oust a sitting Nigerian President
through the ballot box.
“Now he has to live up to voters’
expectations. From battling the Boko
Haram insurgency to tackling endemic
corruption, Buhari has many challenges
ahead. The greatest may be
overcoming his past as a military ruler,
who seized power in 1983.
“Already the born-again democrat is
demonstrating the inclusivity
necessary to lead a nation driven by
ethnic and religious tension. It’s a
promising start for a President-to-be,
who wants to leave a legacy to match
the historic conditions of his election,”
Baker noted.
Renowned Ugandan activist, Sister
Rosemary Nyirumbe, said of Ezekwesili,
“It has been a year, and the girls
(Chibok girls) haven’t been rescued,
but she has made a difference by
speaking about it. Not just speaking
but shouting. I know some people will
say she is too loudmouthed. The loud
mouth is needed. People hear it.”
Adichie was also described as a
“conjurer of character” by the deputy
Managing Director of TIME, Radhika
Jones.
“It’s the rare novelist, who in the space
of a year finds her words sampled by
Beyoncé, optioned by Lupita Nyong’o
and honoured with the National Book
Critics Circle Award for fiction,” she
said.
The last Nigerian to make the list is
Shekau. Described as the “scourge of
Africa” by Gen. Carter Ham(retd.), a
former Commander of US Africa
Command from 2011 to 2013.

That's unfair oh, why is Dame Patience Jonathan not on this list? She made people laughed for over five years and her name is still not registered among the hundred most influential? Dame peace, the greatest comedian of our time.