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Nigeria

Muhammadu Buhari

Date of Birth: 17 December 1942
Place of Birth: Katsina State


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Local firms protest state tactics in central bank probe

The first signs of friction were seen in May 2023 when Tinubu then president-elect declined to attend the official opening of the Dangote refinery Africa's biggest industrial project alongside outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari and sundry other Nigerian and other regional dignitaries...

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Tinubu struggles to rebalance the budget

As under Muhammadu Buhari's APC administration significantly boosting non-oil revenues is a necessary condition to stabilise Nigeria's finances in the longer term...


South-west bias claims weaken Tinubu's standing

Like Buhari like TinubuNigerian law states that the president must appoint at least one minister from each of the 36 states of the federation but those rules have been bent before including by Tinubu's predecessor Muhammadu Buhari...


Hedge fund-backed firm loses bet against Abuja

Tinubu's predecessor former President Muhammadu Buhari claims the ultimate cost to Nigeria could have reached US$15bn...

Malami legal advisor to the family of the hyper-corrupt military ruler General Sani Abacha declined to answer claims by P&ID that he had lied about his conduct to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who was then acting as Nigeria's president while Muhammadu Buhari was recovering from a long illness...

When the English courts agreed in 2019 that P&ID could seize Nigeria's assets President Muhammadu Buhari's government changed tack: after years of leaving the matter with Abubakar Malami his son-in-law and Attorney General Buhari told Abba Kyari his chief of staff who died of Covid-19 the following year to find new lawyers in London and better evidence to contest the award...

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After Tinubu opened Pandora's Box

This may explain why Tinubu appointed far fewer female ministers than expected (8 out of 45) a ratio only a tad higher than his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari named in 2015 (6 out of 36)...


Pushback tests Tinubu's tilt to the market

This 'insults our collective intelligence' retorted NLC President Joe Ajaero and some in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have also rejected the proposal arguing that it merely continued the social investment programme of Muhammadu Buhari's administration criticised for corruption and its failure to reduce poverty...


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