Tag: Muhammadu Buhari

Muhammadu Buhari: Nigeria’s anti-corruption president

by Phil HAZLEWOOD ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015 on a wave of hope that he could defeat Boko Haram Islamists and turn around a country blighted by decades of corruption and poor governance. But while he will go down in history as Nigeria’s first opposition candidate to defeat an incumbent, his first term was dominated by questions about his fitness to govern. From May 2016 until mid-2017, Buhari […]