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Nigeria

Muhammadu Buhari

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


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The big guns salute

His rivals have questioned the sources of finance for the campaign; Sani is challenging General Muhammadu Buhari for the nomination of the All Nigeria People's Party...


Africa's loss

Muhammadu Buhari introduced State Security Decree Two allowing the military rulers to detain indefinitely anyone they declared a threat to national security...


Talking it over

However another former military leader General Muhammadu Buhari who stood for president in 1999 and 2003 insists he would take his supporters on to the streets if Obasanjo tried to prolong his rule and hints that his friends in the military wouldn't accept it either...


Ogbeh walks out

On the national scene Obasanjo's old friend and rival Muhammadu Buhari is pressing his petition on the 2003 elections at the Supreme Court...


The other General

President Olusegun Obasanjo's rival in last year's contest retired general and former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85) was in London last week for medical treatment and to drum up international support for his continued rejection of last year's elections...


Reforms, risks and rumblings

Since returning to power as civilian President in 1999 Obasanjo has overhauled the military dismissing any officers who had held political postings in the military regimes led by Generals Sani Abacha Ibrahim Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari...


The naira republic wins again

Western leaders were divided on the relative merits of Obasanjo and opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari...

The heaviest criticism was from opposition All Nigeria People's Party presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari who told loyalists and journalists in Abuja that the 19 April presidential poll was the most fraudulent in Nigeria's history and urged foreign governments not to recognise the Obasanjo government after its current mandate expires on 29 May...


The big issues

Both Obasanjo and his main opponent Muhammadu Buhari will have to trim their economic nationalism...


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