Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian Head of State,Politician
Name: Muhammadu Buhari Date of Birth: 17-December-1942 Place of birth: Katsina State, Nigeria State of Origin: Daura in Katsina State. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,Former Nigerian Head of State,Politician Retired General Muhammadu Buhari is a Nigeria Politician and Public figure, born in Katsina, a Northern state in Nigeria. He attended the Nigerian Military training college located in Kaduna between 1962 and 1963 and was subsequently commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Nigeria Army, before travelling out of the Country to train at Mons Officers Cadet in Aldershot, England. Before emerging has Nigeria 's head of state, General Buhari was the Governor in charge of the then North Eastern states, following appointment by General Murtala Mohammed in 1975. In 1976 Buhari was appointed by then Nigerian Head of state and former civilian President, chief Olusegun Obasanjo as Minister of Petroleum and chairman the year NNPC ( Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) was e...