Nigeria’s ex-president Buhari dies aged 82

2025-07-14 01:00
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Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Nigeria twice as a military head of state and a democratic president has died aged 82.

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Nigeria’s ex-president Buhari, twice leader of Africa’s most populous nation, dies aged 82

Nigeria’s ex-president Buhari, twice leader of Africa’s most populous nation, dies aged 82

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari speaks to the media after casting his vote in his hometown of Daura, in northern Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Adrian Dennis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, left, and opposition candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, hug after signing a renewal of their pledge to hold peaceful elections, at a hotel in the capital Abuja, Nigeria Thursday, March 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Nigeria’s ex-president Buhari, twice leader of Africa’s most populous nation, dies aged 82

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari speaks to the media after casting his vote in his hometown of Daura, in northern Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari speaks to the media after casting his vote in his hometown of Daura, in northern Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Adrian Dennis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Adrian Dennis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, left, and opposition candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, hug after signing a renewal of their pledge to hold peaceful elections, at a hotel in the capital Abuja, Nigeria Thursday, March 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, left, and opposition candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, hug after signing a renewal of their pledge to hold peaceful elections, at a hotel in the capital Abuja, Nigeria Thursday, March 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Nigeria twice as a military head of state and a democratic president has died aged 82, his press secretary said Sunday.

Buhari died in London where he was receiving medical treatment in recent weeks. He was the first president to defeat a sitting president when he was elected in 2015, overseeing the country’s worst economic period and fight against insurgency.

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