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It was as if he had come to continue Uthman Dan Fodio, his great forbearer’s unfinished war against the Yoruba nation. He and Tunde Idiagbon, also Fulani, openly lied against Awolowo’s progressive ...

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The passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari marks the end of a defining political chapter in Nigeria’s history. A man of paradoxes—soldier and democrat, nationalist and centralist, austere yet ...

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who led the country twice as a military head of state and a democratic president, has died aged 82, his press secretary said Sunday.