Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari who is currently Residence in Aso Drive, prepares for movement to Eagle’s Square for his Inauguration ceremony.
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INAUGURATION UPDATES from Eagle Square
- 11.19am
New President on parade inspection, cheered at the Eagles Square.
- 11.12am
Ex-President Jonathan leaves inauguration venue
- 10.47am
President-elect to take oath of office
The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has been invited to the podium to take his oath of office
- 10.37am
- CJN administers oath of office on vice-president elect
- The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmoud Muhammed, has just administered oath of office on the Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
- 10.25am
Presidential inauguration begins with a prayerPresident of Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, prayed for success of the incoming administration and asked God to protect and help the outgoing President and his deputy.The Deputy Chief Imam of the National Mosque also offered prayer for the country.- 10.18am
- President Jonathan arrives
- The outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived the inauguration venue
- 9.59am
President-elect arrivesThe President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has just entered the Eagles Square venue of the presidential inauguration.- 9.49am
Osinbajo in inauguration venueThe in-coming Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has just strolled into the Eagles Square.- 9.44am
Sambo arrives Eagles SquareThe outgoing Vice President Namadi Sambo has just entered the inauguration venue- 9.38am
U.S Secretary of State Kerry arrivesThe United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, has just arrived the Eagle Square venue of Friday’s presidential inauguration.- 9:03 a.m
Obasanjo arrives venue
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo arrives venue of the Presidential inauguration, greeting fellow former Head of States.
- 8:15 a.m
By David Lawal
Tinubu arrives inauguration venueAsiwaju Bola Hammed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state has just been spotted arriving the Eagle Square, venue of the inauguration ceremony for Nigeria’s next president, Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari is taking over the mantle of leadership from President Goodluck Jonathan
- 8:01am
Danjuma arrives Eagle Square
Augustine Ehikioya
Former Minister of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma has just arrived Eagle Square, venue of the Presidential Inauguration in Abuja.
As at the moment of filing this report, nothing less than 20 former Nigerian leader are currently at the venue to grace the occasion.- 7:15 am
Jacob Zuma of South Africa arrives first
President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, was the first supreme leader to arrive Eagle Square, venue of the Presidential inauguration in Abuja.
Zuma arrived the venue to a beautiful welcome of the well decorated Eagle Square.
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Zuma first foreign leader at Eagle square
President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, was the first foreign leader to arrive Eagle Square, venue of the presidential inauguration in Abuja.
Other presidents present at the venue of the inauguration include Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Guinean President, Alpha Condé, among others.
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Wikipedia updates Buhari ‘s profile
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, has updated the profile of Nigeria’s to-be president, Muhammadu Buhari.
The platform which publishes the biography of personalities around the world, now refers to Buhari as the current President of Nigeria, few hours before inauguration.
It identifies him as “a retired Major General in the Nigerian Army who was Head of State of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a military coup d’état.
The term Buharism is ascribed to the Buhari military government.
“He ran unsuccessfully for the office of President in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the March 2015 elections.
‘Buhari won the 2015 general election, defeating the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. When he took office on 29 May 2015, it marked the first time in Nigeria’s history that an incumbent elected President peacefully transferred power to an elected leader of the opposition.
‘Buhari has stated that he takes responsibility for whatever happened under his watch during his military rule, saying that he cannot change the past. He also describes himself as a ‘converted democrat’.” Wikipedia says.
