The
inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as the fourth elected President of
Nigeria’s Fourth Republic on May 29, 2015 was received with joy across
Nigeria. Buhari is the first opposition figure to win a presidential
poll in Nigeria since independence in 1960.
There is so much hope in the hearts of Nigerians that this new President will definitely turn the country around for the better. His regime as a former head of state witnessed an unprecedented clampdown on indiscipline, corruption and corrupt people. Even his sworn foes agree he has an extremely inflexible stand and an incorrigible will against corruption. President Buhari’s reputation as a strict leader that abhors corruption precedes him and it is hoped that he will bring the sledge hammer heavily down on corrupt practices and salvage a nation on the brink of collapse.
His election as the country’s new president heralded a new face in our delicate democracy and the shouts of change couldn’t have been more apt as Nigerians wait to see the new President deliver the dividends of democracy to a people starved of good governance for a long time. Aside his stern demeanour, President Buhari is also known to have a softer side and this usually reflects when he is around his immediate family -especially his grandchildren. In this edition, we take a look at the personalities that make up Nigeria’s newest first family.
Suave Muhammadu Buhari
With a svelte figure to be envied by younger men, President Buhari is simply a handsome man at age 72. One of his nicknames is Dogo dan Daura which means the ‘Tall One from Daura.’ Although President Buhari is reputed to be a very strict man, reports from close friends and relatives reveal he is not as stern as he really looks. His soft side can be seen especially when he’s around his grandchildren.
In an interview with Premium Times, his fifth daughter, Halima Buhari Sheriff says her father loves cracking jokes and is very caring. “He’s very sensitive towards our feelings.
He doesn’t coerce us to do anything we don’t want to do unlike the image people have about him being stern. At home he has a very soft side. He is very caring towards us, plays and spends more time with his grandchildren than his own children. He gives them all sorts of traditional nicknames”.
Also, in an interview with This Day Newspaper, his wife, Aisha Buhari also described her husband as a familyoriented person who has a very close relationship with his children, grandchildren and very caring and protective of his family. Buhari is also an incurable romantic. Although his religion gives him the right to marry more than one wife, yet he chose to be with one wife at a time.
He got married to his first wife, late Hajiya Safinatu in 1971 and the marriage produced five kids: Zulaiha (now late), Fatima, Musa (now late), Hadiza and Safinatu.
As the First Lady of Nigeria when Buhari was head of state, Hajiya Safinatu was not in the spotlight. In 1988, Buhari and his first wife Safinatu were divorced and on 14 January 2006, Safinatu Buhari, the former first lady, died from complications of diabetes.
In December 1989, Buhari got married to Hajiya Aisha Halilu, a Fulani lady from Adamawa State, reportedly a cousin of one of his friends. Mrs. Aisha Buhari also has five children for Buhari: four girls and a boy. They are Aisha, Halima, Yusuf, Zahra and Amina. Aisha is the only wife of the President.
Fabulous looking Aisha Buhari
Born to the family of Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu, the first Minister of Defence, Mrs. Aisha Buhari attended Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration. She also has a diploma in Physiotherapy and Beauty Therapy.
She is an alumnus of the Carlton Institute of London and the Academie Esthetique Beauty Institute of France in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she got her post-graduate diploma in Cosmetology and Beauty Therapy.
She also has a Master’s Degree in International Affairs & Strategic Studies from Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). Aisha Buhari is a beautiful woman no doubt and has graciously passed on the look-good genes to her daughters and son. She is very stylish and urbane in her dressing and knows how to pick colours that complement her beautiful light skin.
During the inauguration, she was pictured wearing a beautiful Cartier Baignoire Folle 18-Carat White Gold Diamond Ladies Watch which price has become a subject of controversy. The first lady is known as a woman who dresses conservatively but tastefully with a touch of her culture reflected and English mode of dressing thrown in between.
She will be performing the duties of Nigeria’s First Lady albeit in a more conservative manner than her pred e c e s – sors.
Delectable children and grandchildren
President Buhari is known as a quiet man who is very reserved and protective of his family. But during the campaign, pictures of him, his wife, children and grandchildren showed up on social media and the Internet went agog by the sheer beauty radiating from members of his family. He was also pictured with his grandchildren whom he reportedly adores with a passion. There were lovely pictures of his stunning daughters both from his first marriage and the ones from Aisha.
Stunning Zahra and handsome Yusuf
Particularly of intere s t were the pictures of Aisha’s son and daughter, Yusuf and Zahra. The daughter’s pictures first trickled into the Internet shortly before the presidential election and went viral.
Kim Kardashian may have broken the Internet with her nude pictures but Zahra Buhari simply won the hearts of many Nigerians and invariably votes for her father through her cute dressing and alluring beauty.
Zahra, who is based in the UK studying Microbiology at the University of Surrey and in her fourth year, was in the full glare of Twitter stalkers and admirers who couldn’t stop buzzing about her beauty. Twitter practically went up in flames with the emergence of photos of Yusuf. He bears a striking similarity to his father and appears to also have his jovial humour.
The girls kept asking why the presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress hid him for so long. They even said he would have also earned more votes for his father like his sister did.
From the comments garnered from various sections of the country, it is obvious Nigerians definitely prefer to be identified with this first family and hope their looks and beauty will somehow mesh into the new government their father, President Buhari, is forging for a new Nigeria.
There is so much hope in the hearts of Nigerians that this new President will definitely turn the country around for the better. His regime as a former head of state witnessed an unprecedented clampdown on indiscipline, corruption and corrupt people. Even his sworn foes agree he has an extremely inflexible stand and an incorrigible will against corruption. President Buhari’s reputation as a strict leader that abhors corruption precedes him and it is hoped that he will bring the sledge hammer heavily down on corrupt practices and salvage a nation on the brink of collapse.
His election as the country’s new president heralded a new face in our delicate democracy and the shouts of change couldn’t have been more apt as Nigerians wait to see the new President deliver the dividends of democracy to a people starved of good governance for a long time. Aside his stern demeanour, President Buhari is also known to have a softer side and this usually reflects when he is around his immediate family -especially his grandchildren. In this edition, we take a look at the personalities that make up Nigeria’s newest first family.
Suave Muhammadu Buhari
With a svelte figure to be envied by younger men, President Buhari is simply a handsome man at age 72. One of his nicknames is Dogo dan Daura which means the ‘Tall One from Daura.’ Although President Buhari is reputed to be a very strict man, reports from close friends and relatives reveal he is not as stern as he really looks. His soft side can be seen especially when he’s around his grandchildren.
In an interview with Premium Times, his fifth daughter, Halima Buhari Sheriff says her father loves cracking jokes and is very caring. “He’s very sensitive towards our feelings.
He doesn’t coerce us to do anything we don’t want to do unlike the image people have about him being stern. At home he has a very soft side. He is very caring towards us, plays and spends more time with his grandchildren than his own children. He gives them all sorts of traditional nicknames”.
Also, in an interview with This Day Newspaper, his wife, Aisha Buhari also described her husband as a familyoriented person who has a very close relationship with his children, grandchildren and very caring and protective of his family. Buhari is also an incurable romantic. Although his religion gives him the right to marry more than one wife, yet he chose to be with one wife at a time.
He got married to his first wife, late Hajiya Safinatu in 1971 and the marriage produced five kids: Zulaiha (now late), Fatima, Musa (now late), Hadiza and Safinatu.
As the First Lady of Nigeria when Buhari was head of state, Hajiya Safinatu was not in the spotlight. In 1988, Buhari and his first wife Safinatu were divorced and on 14 January 2006, Safinatu Buhari, the former first lady, died from complications of diabetes.
In December 1989, Buhari got married to Hajiya Aisha Halilu, a Fulani lady from Adamawa State, reportedly a cousin of one of his friends. Mrs. Aisha Buhari also has five children for Buhari: four girls and a boy. They are Aisha, Halima, Yusuf, Zahra and Amina. Aisha is the only wife of the President.
Fabulous looking Aisha Buhari
Born to the family of Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu, the first Minister of Defence, Mrs. Aisha Buhari attended Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration. She also has a diploma in Physiotherapy and Beauty Therapy.
She is an alumnus of the Carlton Institute of London and the Academie Esthetique Beauty Institute of France in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she got her post-graduate diploma in Cosmetology and Beauty Therapy.
She also has a Master’s Degree in International Affairs & Strategic Studies from Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). Aisha Buhari is a beautiful woman no doubt and has graciously passed on the look-good genes to her daughters and son. She is very stylish and urbane in her dressing and knows how to pick colours that complement her beautiful light skin.
During the inauguration, she was pictured wearing a beautiful Cartier Baignoire Folle 18-Carat White Gold Diamond Ladies Watch which price has become a subject of controversy. The first lady is known as a woman who dresses conservatively but tastefully with a touch of her culture reflected and English mode of dressing thrown in between.
She will be performing the duties of Nigeria’s First Lady albeit in a more conservative manner than her pred e c e s – sors.
Delectable children and grandchildren
President Buhari is known as a quiet man who is very reserved and protective of his family. But during the campaign, pictures of him, his wife, children and grandchildren showed up on social media and the Internet went agog by the sheer beauty radiating from members of his family. He was also pictured with his grandchildren whom he reportedly adores with a passion. There were lovely pictures of his stunning daughters both from his first marriage and the ones from Aisha.
Stunning Zahra and handsome Yusuf
Particularly of intere s t were the pictures of Aisha’s son and daughter, Yusuf and Zahra. The daughter’s pictures first trickled into the Internet shortly before the presidential election and went viral.
Kim Kardashian may have broken the Internet with her nude pictures but Zahra Buhari simply won the hearts of many Nigerians and invariably votes for her father through her cute dressing and alluring beauty.
Zahra, who is based in the UK studying Microbiology at the University of Surrey and in her fourth year, was in the full glare of Twitter stalkers and admirers who couldn’t stop buzzing about her beauty. Twitter practically went up in flames with the emergence of photos of Yusuf. He bears a striking similarity to his father and appears to also have his jovial humour.
The girls kept asking why the presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress hid him for so long. They even said he would have also earned more votes for his father like his sister did.
From the comments garnered from various sections of the country, it is obvious Nigerians definitely prefer to be identified with this first family and hope their looks and beauty will somehow mesh into the new government their father, President Buhari, is forging for a new Nigeria.
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