Nigeria's late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a London clinic on Sunday aged 82, will be buried in his northern home state of Katsina on Tuesday, the state governor said. Buhari, a former military ruler after a coup in the 1980s,

By Kazeem UgbodagaIn a significant gesture to honour the legacy of former President Muhammadu Buhari, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced on Thursday that the University of Maiduguri in Borno State will be renamed Muhammadu Buhari University.

Eulogies are pouring in for Nigeria's former president Muhammadu Buhari, but how true are they? This is what the economic indicators say about his 8 years in office.

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday evening led a solemn and historic special session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on July 13, 2025, at the age of 82.

But Nigeria refused to bend to Mr Buhari’s will. Almost 500 politicians and businessmen were arrested for corruption and sent to jail by military tribunals. A new currency was issued to flush out the stashes piled floor to ceiling in the homes of the elite. For many military men this purge was too close for comfort—and too uncompromising.

Men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria paid their last respects to former President Muhammadu Buhari in grand style Former President Buhari died at the age of 82 in a London hospital on Sunday, July 13, 2025.