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The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was held on 25 February 2023 [a] to elect the president and Vice President of Nigeria. [1] Bola Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State and nominee of the All Progressives Congress won the election with 36.61% of the vote, just under 8.8 million votes to defeat over runners-up former Vice President Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party) and former ...
Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu GCFR (born 29 March 1952) is a Nigerian politician who has served the 16th president of Nigeria since 2023. [1] He was previously the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic. Tinubu spent his early life in southwestern Nigeria and later moved to the United States ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The newly elected president of Nigeria is the first person chosen to lead the country with The post Nigeria elects new president, who already faces doubts and problems ...
Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (Hausa pronunciation ⓘ; born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian statesman who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. [2] [3] A retired Nigerian Army major general, he served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power from the Shehu Shagari civilian government in a military coup d'état.
Official website. Muhammadu Buhari 's tenure as the 15th president of Nigeria began with his first inauguration on 29 May 2015, and ended on 29 May 2023. A retired general and member of the All Progressives Congress from Katsina State, he previously served as military head-of-state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, when he was deposed in ...
The President of Nigeria, officially the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The offices, powers, and titles of the head of ...
Omoyele Yele Sowore (born 16 February 1971) is a Nigerian politician, human rights activist, citizen reporter, writer, lecturer and pro-democracy campaigner, known for founding the online news agency Sahara Reporters. [1][2][3] In August 2018, he founded the African Action Congress party and ran as its presidential candidate in the 2019 ...
Kashim Shettima. m. Kashim Shettima Mustapha GCON (born 2 September 1966) is a Nigerian politician who is the 15th and current vice president of Nigeria. [ 1 ][ 2 ] He previously served as senator for Borno Central from 2019 to 2023, and as the governor of Borno State from 2011 to 2019. [ 3 ]