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President of Nigeria
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 May 2015
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
Preceded by Goodluck Jonathan
Head of State of Nigeria
In office
31 December 1983 – 27 August 1985
Preceded by Shehu Shagari
Succeeded by Ibrahim Babangida
Governor of the Northeastern State
In office
August 1975 – March 1976
Preceded by Musa Usman
Succeeded by Position abolished
Federal Commissioner of Petroleum and
Natural Resources
In office
March 1976 – June 1978


Personal details

Born 17 December 1942 (age 72)
Daura , Colonial Nigeria[1][2]
Nationality
Nigerian
Political party
All Progressives Congress
Spouse(s) Safinatu Yusuf (1971–
1988)
Aisha Buhari (1989–
present)
Children 10


Zulaihat Deceased
Fatima
Musa Deceased
Hadiza
Safinatu
Aisha
Halima
Yusuf
Zarah
Amina

Alma mater Nigerian Defence Academy
Mons Officer Cadet School
US Army War College [3]
Religion Islam
Website thisisbuhari.com

Military


Nickname(s) Sai Buhari, Mr President,
PMB, GMB
Allegiance
Nigeria
Service/branch Nigerian Army
Years of
service

1961–1985
Rank : Major General






Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (born 17 December
1942) is the President of Nigeria. [4] He is a
retired Nigerian Army major general and was
Head of State of Nigeria from 31 December
1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in
a military coup d'état . [5][6] The term
Buharism is ascribed to the Buhari military
government. [7][8]
He ran unsuccessfully for the office of
President in the 2003 , 2007 and 2011
elections . In December 2014, he emerged as
the presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress for the March 2015
elections . Buhari won the 2015 general
election, defeating the incumbent President
Goodluck Jonathan , marking the first time in
the history of Nigeria that an incumbent
President was defeated in a general election
by the leader of the opposition. He was sworn
in on 29 May 2015.
Buhari has stated that he takes responsibility
for whatever happened under his watch during
his military rule, saying that he cannot change
the past. He has described himself as a
"converted democrat". [9]


Early life








Muhammadu Buhari was born on 17
December 1942, in Daura , Katsina State, to
his father Adamu and mother Zulaihat. He is
the twenty-third child of his father. Buhari
was raised by his mother, after his father died
when he was about four years old. [10]
He attended primary school in Daura and
Mai'adua before proceeding to Katsina Model
School in 1953, and Katsina Provincial
Secondary School (now Government College
Katsina) from 1956 to 1961. He then joined
the Nigerian Military Training School in
Kaduna, where his military career began.


Military career






Buhari joined the Nigerian Army in 1961, when
he attended the Nigerian Military Training
College (in February 1964, it was renamed the
Nigerian Defence Academy) in Kaduna . From
1962 to 1963, he underwent officer cadets
training at Mons Officer Cadet School in
Aldershot in England.
In January 1963, Buhari was commissioned as
second lieutenant, and appointed Platoon
Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion
in Abeokuta , Nigeria. From November 1963 to
January 1964, Buhari attended the Platoon
Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military
Training College, Kaduna. In 1964, he
facilitated his military training by attending
the Mechanical Transport Officer’s Course at
the Army Mechanical Transport School in
Borden, United Kingdom .
From 1965 to 1967, Buhari served as
Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion.
He was appointed Brigade Major, Second
Sector, First Infantry Division, April 1967 to
July 1967.
Buhari was made Brigade Major of the Third
Infantry Brigade, July 1967 to October 1968
and Brigade Major/Commandant, Thirty-first
Infantry Brigade, 1970 to 1971.
Buhari served as the Assistant Adjutant-
General, First Infantry Division Headquarters,
from 1971 to 1972. He also attended the
Defence Services Staff College, Wellington,
India, in 1973.
From 1974 to 1975 Buhari was Acting Director
of Transport and Supply at the Nigerian Army
Corps of Supply and Transport Headquarters.
[11]
He was also Military Secretary at the Army
Headquarters from 1978 to 1979 and was a
member of the Supreme Military Council from
1978 to 1979.
From 1979 to 1980, at the rank of colonel,
Buhari (class of 1980) attended the US Army
War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania , in the
United States , and gained a Masters Degree in
Strategic Studies. [12][13] Upon completion of
the on-campus full-time resident program
lasting ten months and the two-year-long,
distance learning program, the United States
Army War College (USAWC) college awards its
graduate officers a master's degree in
Strategic Studies.







courtesy: wikipedia

And what are the facts about you sir?

You forgot to mention that he's a sick old man

Shortyy:
You forgot to mention that he's a sick old man

That's some body's father their u are insulting

sameer1212:
That's some body's father their u are insulting

That's not an insult, it's the truth.

Shortyy:
You forgot to mention that he's a sick old man

and that u will die before him. Amen

.......and He's also the half Blood prince, the man with twelve lives.

Kyase:
and that u will die before him. Amen

Goat, how can i die before an already dead person. He's a Zombie

Shortyy:
Goat, how can i die before an already dead person. He's a Zombie

oh so u are the one that turn him into a walker? I see.

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