Talk:Muhammadu Buhari

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Wikipeep 494 05:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Then". I am not sure I understand the question. Are you saying this figure is too low or too high? There is a rather large number of Muslims in Yorubaland, too...—iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 21:01, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
This page is incredibly biased, perhaps edited by Buhari himself? 134.173.90.120 09:29, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: I have tried to clean up some syntax, have added several Wikipedia cross-references, and have revised the references in this article.  The following two references were included in the original reference section, but were not used in the article.  Therefore, I have deleted these and placed them here for future reference, if needed.
*CLYDE H. FARNSWORTH, "MAN IN THE NEWS; A NATIONALIST FOR NIGERIANS", The New York Times, January 2, 1984
*We have no time to waste', Financial Times (London,England), February 25, 1985
In addition, I have added several "citation(s) needed" tags for a few statements in the "Later Years" section.  These statements are biographical and need verification.
Idunno271828 (talk) 06:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup of syntax, references, and inclusion of cross-references 

message: I've put some effort into cleaning up the bias noted by another commenter here. This article was very heavy on unsourced praise and speculation and contained little reference to the wide criticism of Buhari's human rights record and economic policy. So I've removed the unsourced praise and added in details that seem to be more in keeping with the history texts and reportage on his regime. This one could use another look from an editor more knowledgeable about Nigerian history than I, however. And it could also just use a few watchers as this election gets closer--it's pretty clear Buhari's partisans have had free run of it until now. Khazar (talk) 17:58, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Good work! Thanks! Ankimai (talk) 08:26, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fixing NPOV 

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message: I am a political analyst. I am touch typing. My team and I have checked every world and references in the disputed edits. What we found includes statements falsely or unknowingly referenced to the BBC News profile of Buhari and other sites. Wrong sources to quote or references.  Biased in some places. Alsominor typos. Clearly, in our opinion the disputed edit of passenger68 is not from his or her thesis. Please see below. 
===Federal Commissioner for Petroleum and Natural Resources section===
Passenger68 stated that during his tenure as Minister, $2,8 billion went missing from the accounts of the NNPC in Midlands Bank in the United Kingdom. Former President Ibrahim Babangida accused Buhari of being responsible for his fraud[14].. Wrong source to quote. Babangida never accused buhari.  You can verify this with General Babaginda at his villa in Mina Niger state Nigeria. This is anti- Buhari propaganda
:I will indent and italicize and sign all my replies. None of that is relevant to a Wikipedia article. Just saying some statement is " anti- Buhari propaganda" is not a rational argument. Asking people to check with some general in Nigeria... was that even serious?  is clearly absurd. But even if it was a more reasonable request to talk to someone we had a rational chance to contact it is irrelevant and it demonstrates a basic lack of understanding of how Wikipedia works. Wikipedia is based on what is documented in reliable sources not on what one, a thousand or a million people happen to say in person or via some other communication. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 16:03, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I have downloaded that paper and have it up on my computer now. (If others are interested you can get it via a site called academia.edu or if you don't want to join that site contact me and I can email you a copy) Where specifically does it state in that report that there is no truth to the corruption allegations? So far I've just started looking at the report but it seems like just a general discussion about corruption but it is quite possible I just haven't seen the parts you are referring to yet. However, even if this report does confirm what you claim one counter reference does not invalidate the several others that currently exist. BTW, I've been looking at the existing references and plan to work with Passenger68 to make them stronger. But one ref does not invalidate all others. Also, we need to understand was this report commissioned by Buhari or one of his supporters? But even if this is a valid reference that supports what you say that is justification for having a new section or additional info that makes it clear there are other points of view here not for removing contradictory statements that are well supported by other references. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 16:21, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked through that paper in more detail. It seems to me to be a general discussion of issues causing corruption in Nigeria and an evaluation of various proposals for reform. I searched for the string "NNPC" (looking for confirmation of your claim that this report exonerates Mubaru from the charges related to that account) but that string doesn't occur once in the document. Can you provide a specific quote that supports your claim that the report " found no truth in the allegations "? --MadScientistX11 (talk) 22:06, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

text: The way an issue like that is supposed to be dealt with is to add a citation needed tag to the statement. Not to simply revert it. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 16:24, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is a reference: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12890807  From that article: "The verdict on Mr Buhari's 20 months as Nigeria's leader is mixed. About 500 politicians, officials and businessmen were jailed as part of a campaign against waste and corruption." Note: I moved (in the version currently in my sandbox) the BBC reference to the end of the paragraph. It was in the middle so came before this one fact about the 500 jailed. The convention is if it supports multiple facts in a paragraph or section you just put it once at the and of that paragraph or section. Also, I removed the part of one sentence in that section that compared Buharism to fascism as I saw nothing in the BBC article that said "fascism". --MadScientistX11 (talk) 18:18, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

text: I agree with this one. I found nothing in the BBC article either to support this.  we need to find a better source for this statement or remove it. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 17:21, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

text: I agree with that one as well. Some of the references just go to page not found and need to be replaced or updated.  and I  have been doing that already with a draft revised version. But saying things like "We have REASERCHED this, what we found was..." is not relevant for this kind of discussion. What you as an individual or group has determined by your own research is considered wp:original research. What matters is what you can document in good Wikipedia:sources --MadScientistX11 (talk) 17:29, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

text: Again, all that is irrelevant. Things like private conversations, upublished reports, absolutely do not count in any way as valid wikipedia:references or as relevant points in a debate about Wikipedia content. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 17:34, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

text: There are two refs here. One seems to be a spam link to me but whatever it is I agree, I don't see how it supports the text and that ref should be either fixed to point to the relevant news story or removed. That link was identified already by Passenger69 and myself as needing repair. BTW, Here is our list of ref issues we are currently working on, many of these overlap the issues identified here: User_talk:Passenger68#Buhari:_Questions The other is a book. Not all references have to be online. I've reserved the book and should have it within a week, although it could take longer, it was only available from a University library so may take some time to make it to me. If anyone knows of an online version of that book or of the relevant passages. Please let us know. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 18:18, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

text: I agree. At least one of the refs here doesn't seem to support the text and this needs to be revised or not added. I'm going to leave off commenting for now as I plan to spend some time trying to fix some of these references. Will comment more later. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 18:54, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The comment about dogs, etc. was verified in an Al Jazeera article that Passenger68 found below and that I am adding as a ref for this seciton. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 19:37, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

text: This is also a good point. To my knowledge that is well documented and we should add that in to the section. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 14:51, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

text: I haven't documented each specific case but just wanted to point out that to the best of my knowledge every time there was a reference that went to a page not found error or to some spam site as documented above I have either deleted the reference in the version I'm working from as I make edits today or have found the archived version of the reference and used that as the URL. We've all been doing a lot of editing and it is quite possible I missed one or two so feel free to point it out if I did.  --MadScientistX11 (talk) 19:05, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some problems with passenger68 editing of Buhari pofile 15 January 2015

message: Passenger68 stated that during his tenure as Minister, $2,8 billion went missing from the accounts of the NNPC in Midlands Bank in the United Kingdom. Former President Ibrahim Babangida accused Buhari of being responsible for his fraud[14].. Wrong source to quote. Babangida never accused buhari.  You can verify this with General Babaginda at his villa in Mina Niger state Nigeria. This is anti- Buhari propaganda
:I will indent and italicize and sign all my replies. None of that is relevant to a Wikipedia article. Just saying some statement is " anti- Buhari propaganda" is not a rational argument. Asking people to check with some general in Nigeria... was that even serious?  is clearly absurd. But even if it was a more reasonable request to talk to someone we had a rational chance to contact it is irrelevant and it demonstrates a basic lack of understanding of how Wikipedia works. Wikipedia is based on what is documented in reliable sources not on what one, a thousand or a million people happen to say in person or via some other communication. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 16:03, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I have downloaded that paper and have it up on my computer now. (If others are interested you can get it via a site called academia.edu or if you don't want to join that site contact me and I can email you a copy) Where specifically does it state in that report that there is no truth to the corruption allegations? So far I've just started looking at the report but it seems like just a general discussion about corruption but it is quite possible I just haven't seen the parts you are referring to yet. However, even if this report does confirm what you claim one counter reference does not invalidate the several others that currently exist. BTW, I've been looking at the existing references and plan to work with Passenger68 to make them stronger. But one ref does not invalidate all others. Also, we need to understand was this report commissioned by Buhari or one of his supporters? But even if this is a valid reference that supports what you say that is justification for having a new section or additional info that makes it clear there are other points of view here not for removing contradictory statements that are well supported by other references. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 16:21, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked through that paper in more detail. It seems to me to be a general discussion of issues causing corruption in Nigeria and an evaluation of various proposals for reform. I searched for the string "NNPC" (looking for confirmation of your claim that this report exonerates Mubaru from the charges related to that account) but that string doesn't occur once in the document. Can you provide a specific quote that supports your claim that the report " found no truth in the allegations "? --MadScientistX11 (talk) 22:06, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Federal Commissioner for Petroleum and Natural Resources section

message: Passenger68, stated that at the same time, Buhari mounted an offensive against entrenched interests. About 500 politicians, officials and businessmen were jailed for corruption charges during his stewardship.  Citation NEEDED
:The way an issue like that is supposed to be dealt with is to add a citation needed tag to the statement. Not to simply revert it. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 16:24, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is a reference: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12890807  From that article: "The verdict on Mr Buhari's 20 months as Nigeria's leader is mixed. About 500 politicians, officials and businessmen were jailed as part of a campaign against waste and corruption." Note: I moved (in the version currently in my sandbox) the BBC reference to the end of the paragraph. It was in the middle so came before this one fact about the 500 jailed. The convention is if it supports multiple facts in a paragraph or section you just put it once at the and of that paragraph or section. Also, I removed the part of one sentence in that section that compared Buharism to fascism as I saw nothing in the BBC article that said "fascism". --MadScientistX11 (talk) 18:18, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Head of State section

message: In this subsection Passenger68  reference the statement below to "Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari in profile". BBC News. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 
“Immediately after taking offce, Buhari broke ties with the International Monetary Fund, when the fund asked the government to devalue the naira by 60%. To pay for the debt incurred by the previous administration, Buhari entered into a $2 billion barter trade agreement with four countries, trading 200,000 barrels of oil for capital goods, raw materials and equipment. This policy led to job losses and closure of businesses as prices rose and living standards slumped” 
This was never stated in the BBC News profile of Buhari
:I agree with this one. I found nothing in the BBC article either to support this.  we need to find a better source for this statement or remove it. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 17:21, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Economic policy Subsection

message: In this subsection passenger68 stated that In order to keep public finances in check, the government of Buhari instituted a ceiling on the maximum amount of nairas (20) that could be legally taken in or out of the country. NO PROOF, citation needed.  We have REASERCHED this, what we found was that Buhari only carried out currency change. 
Passenger68 also stated here that” in this context, the Buhari administration was embroiled in a scandal concerning the fate of 53 suitacases, allegedly containing $700 million[34], owned by the Emir of Gwandu that were cleared through customs without inspection on his return flight from Saudi Arabia” THE LINK HE OR SHE REFRENCED SAYS SORRY BUT SOMETHING WENT WRONG. CITATION NEEDED
:I agree with that one as well. Some of the references just go to page not found and need to be replaced or updated.  and I  have been doing that already with a draft revised version. But saying things like "We have REASERCHED this, what we found was..." is not relevant for this kind of discussion. What you as an individual or group has determined by your own research is considered wp:original research. What matters is what you can document in good Wikipedia:sources --MadScientistX11 (talk) 17:29, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, all that is irrelevant. Things like private conversations, upublished reports, absolutely do not count in any way as valid wikipedia:references or as relevant points in a debate about Wikipedia content. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 17:34, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Foreign policy subsection

message: Passenger 68 stated here  that declining living standards, attacks on political freedoms and the War against Intolerance were to blame. General Babangida claimed that Buhari failed to deal with the country’s economic problems and promised “to rejuvenate the economy ravaged by decades of government mismanagement and corruption”.The link is BLOCKED to readers. No other citation by passenger68. We have order a copy of the book to verify this.
:There are two refs here. One seems to be a spam link to me but whatever it is I agree, I don't see how it supports the text and that ref should be either fixed to point to the relevant news story or removed. That link was identified already by Passenger69 and myself as needing repair. BTW, Here is our list of ref issues we are currently working on, many of these overlap the issues identified here: User_talk:Passenger68#Buhari:_Questions The other is a book. Not all references have to be online. I've reserved the book and should have it within a week, although it could take longer, it was only available from a University library so may take some time to make it to me. If anyone knows of an online version of that book or of the relevant passages. Please let us know. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 18:18, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: 1985 coup and detention section

message: Section title can be changed to politics with subsections for elections and campaigns
Incitement of violence .seem like statements falsely referenced to the article"Nigerian Religious Leaders Advise Political Candidates".cfr.org. December 12, 2014. Passenger68 stated that the elections were marred by widespread sectarian violence, which claimed the lives of 800 people across the country, as Buhari’s supporters attacked Christian settlements in the country’s center regions[47]. The three day uprising wasblamed in part on Buhari’s inflammatory comments[47]. In spite of assurances from Human Rights Watch, who had judged the elections as “among the fairest in Nigeria’s history”, Buhari claimed that the poll was flawed and warned[47] that "If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood". THIS IS NOT APPEAR IN THE REFRENCED ARTICLE BY CFR.ORG
:I agree. At least one of the refs here doesn't seem to support the text and this needs to be revised or not added. I'm going to leave off commenting for now as I plan to spend some time trying to fix some of these references. Will comment more later. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 18:54, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The comment about dogs, etc. was verified in an Al Jazeera article that Passenger68 found below and that I am adding as a ref for this seciton. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 19:37, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Return to politics and presidential runs section

message: Biased editing. Passenger68 left out here that Buhari himself was a target of BOKO HARAM attack in July 2014.
:This is also a good point. To my knowledge that is well documented and we should add that in to the section. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 14:51, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Security challenges section

message: Falsely or unknowingly referenced allegation to BBC News Profile of Buhari or citation needed. Passenger68  stated that “he had called on Muslims to vote for Muslim candidates and never vote for Christian presidents in previous elections”.  THIS IS AN ALLEGATION AND FOR LEGAL REASONS SHOULD BE STATED AS SUCH. 
There are also some minor problems with the human rights section.
PLEASE BE NEUTRAL IN EDITING.
By Eric Ayodeji
:I haven't documented each specific case but just wanted to point out that to the best of my knowledge every time there was a reference that went to a page not found error or to some spam site as documented above I have either deleted the reference in the version I'm working from as I make edits today or have found the archived version of the reference and used that as the URL. We've all been doing a lot of editing and it is quite possible I missed one or two so feel free to point it out if I did.  --MadScientistX11 (talk) 19:05, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Freedom of religion

message: Some sources I found this weekend : 
===Federal Commissioner for Petroleum and Natural Resources section===
NNPC misuse of funds
 
*Book by Ndaeyo Uko, Romancing the Gun: The Press as a Promoter of Military Rule
"Buhari's Decree 4, which led to his overthrow, was seen by Nigerians as an attempt to prevent the press from digging into a scandal which he was supposed to have known something about: the mysterious disappearance of the huge sum of N2.8 billion from the NNPC while it was under his supervision." page 90
 
" Not only did [Babangida]cite the suppression of the press public opinion and dissent as the main reason for the coup in which he toppled Buhari, but in his maiden national broadcast on August 27, 1985, Babangida abrogated Buhari's offensive Decree No. 4 and ordered the release of journalists imprisoned under it" - page 95
 
*Oil in Nigeria: Conflict and Litigation Between Oil Companies and Village Communities
Page 41 - This followed evidence from an US accountancy firm that some 2.8 billion Naira (roughly US $4 billion) had not been accounted for by the bank records of the NNPC. The Irikife Tribunal, which investigated the matter, even failed to summon Generals Buhari and Obsanjo who were responsible for supervising the NNPC and controlled oil sales during the period in question.
 
*IBB Sets To Expose Buhari Over Missing $2.8B Oil MOney
*IBB Hits Buhari Harder: Over $2.8Billion Was Stolen By Buhari and Seen In His UK Bank
IBB in 2013 on Buhari: "We challenge him to come out with clean hands in those two portfolios he headed. Or, we will help him to expose his “records of performance during those periods. Those who live in glass houses do not throw stones. Gen. Buhari should be properly guided.”
 
*Fraud allegations: NNPC accuses Buhari of “political mischief”
*[http://leadership.ng/news/394893/nnpc-faults-buharis-allegation-says-dont-keep-2-account-books
NNPC spokesman]
"if General Buhari believes that such false information that is usually the subject of beer parlor gossip was true, would he rather that the Nigerian public believe that the allegation of missing $2.8 billion oil money against the NNPC under his watch as minister of Petroleum was true?"
 
===Head of State section===
*Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari in profile
About 500 politicians, officials and businessmen were jailed as part of a campaign against waste and corruption.
 
===Economic Policy Subsection===
Buhari rejected IMF conditions and imposed austerity on Nigeria:
*Nigeria: Current Issues and Historical Background page 122 
 
*The International Monetary Fund: Politics of Conditional Lending - page 60
"Buhari proved his independence by pushing through economic austerity so severe that it went beyond what many advised - all the while he refused IMF assistance."
 
*Nigerian Politics in the Age of Yar'Adua - page 148
"The Buhari regime […] refused to accept among other things: the hefty devaluation, which in this case was to be 60 percent of the Naira. Thus, when negotiations broke down in June 1984, Nigeria, cut off from Western credit, now in desperate need of raw materials for which there was no money, resorted to barter. Counter-trade agreements under which oil was exchanged for imports […] were signed with French, Austrian, Italian and Brazilian firms".
 
*The African Debt Crisis - page 59 
More information about declining living standards under austerity measures passed during Buhari's tenure.
 
*Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari in profile
However, his attempts to re-balance public finances by curbing imports led to many job losses and the closure of businesses.
 
===Foreign policy subsection===
Individuals were not allowed to leave the country with more than 20 naira:
*EXPELLED FOREIGNERS POURING OUT OF NIGERIA By The Associated Press
"Reporters at the western border with Benin today said Nigerian customs officials were searching the departing foreigners closely and refusing to let tiem carry out more than the 20 naira, or $17.65, allowed by law"
 
*NIGERIA'S DISCIPLINE CAMPAIGN: NOT SPARING THE ROD
"Earlier this month, a Frenchmen working in Nigeria was sentenced to five years in prison for carrying 431 naira - less than $600 at the official exchange rate, and only about $100 at the black-market rate - into the country. He said he had mistakenly taken the money with him when he went home on vacation and brought it back when he returned. No more than 20 naira can be legally taken from or brought into the country."
The 53 suitcases scandal:
It is referenced at length in National Security Organization.
 
*The Roots of Political Instability in Nigeria - page 15 provides an account of the scandal
===1985 coup and detention section===
*Twentieth Century Africa - Babadinga quote can be found on page 401
 
*- Book by Ndaeyo Uko, Romancing the Gun: The Press as a Promoter of Military Rule
"Buhari's Decree 4, which led to his overthrow, was seen by Nigerians as an attempt to prevent the press from digging into a scandal which he was supposed to have known something about: the mysterious disappearance of the huge sum of N2.8 billion from the NNPC while it was under his supervision." page 90
 
" Not only did [Babangida]cite the suppression of the press public opinion and dissent as the main reason fr the coup in which he toppled Buhari, but in his maiden national broadcast on August 27, 1985, Babangida abrogated Buhari's offensive Decree No. 4 and ordered the release of journalists imprisoned under it" - page 95
 
===Return to politics and presidential runs section===
2011 election
*Nigeria: Post-Election Violence Killed 800 - Buhari supporters started the violence, claiming 800 lives
 
*United States Institute of Peace 
There were other ominous signs of potential violence. Buhari’s warning of an “Egyptstyle” revolt if the elections were not free and fair was one.
Buhari’s admonition that his supporters defend their votes was another. And his declaration that going to court to contest the elections would be a waste of his time provided his supporters with the unspoken alternative: take their protests to the streets. Indeed, the day of the presidential elections, Buhari claimed that the ruling party had rigged the election10 and violence started soon after INEC declared Jonathan the winner. Buhari did not immediately condemn the violence, fueling speculation of his role in inciting it."
 
*[http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/15/us-warcrimes-nigeria-icc-idUSKBN0JT1JA20141215 
Rights group calls for ICC probe of Nigerian presidential candidate]
A Nigerian human rights group on Monday asked the International Criminal Court to bring charges against Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari for post-election violence in 2011.
 
*Post-election violence: FG panel report indicts Buhari
THE Presidential Committee on Post-Election Violence in parts of the country, yesterday submitted its report stating that Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Presidential Candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s provocative remarks played a role in the bloody violence that led to the death of 10 members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and hundreds of others after last April’s presidential polls. 
 
*Will Muhammadu Buhari be Nigeria's next president? 
In 2011, Buhari was accused of inciting the violence that followed his loss to Jonathan. The following year, he said "the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood" should the 2015 election be rigged."
 
===Freedom of religion===
*Nigeria: 2003: Buhari Urges Muslims to Vote Upholders Islam
As the year 2003 elections draw closer, former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has called on Muslims across the country to vote only for the presidential candidate that would defend and uphold the tenets of Islam.
Passenger68 (talk) 08:34, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buhari Wikipedia page update 

message: *Nigeria: 2003: Buhari Urges Muslims to Vote Upholders Islam
As the year 2003 elections draw closer, former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has called on Muslims across the country to vote only for the presidential candidate that would defend and uphold the tenets of Islam.
Passenger68 (talk) 08:34, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Freedom of religion

message: In the current politics section it says at the end about Buhari: "However, he remains a "folk hero" to some for his vocal opposition to corruption" The source for this is just a raw URL: http://www.nigeria70.com/nigerian_news_paper/former_military_ruler_muhammadu_buhari_gains_suppor/327652/  And when I go to that URL it is just a pointer with a link: "Read the rest of the story on Yahoo Nigerian News" and when I click on that link it takes me to the Washington Post site and says the file is not available. Can anyone provide a reference to back up that sentence? I plan to delete it as I rework this section but if someone can provide a good ref I will leave it in. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 18:39, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I left that statement in for now but I think it needs to be verified or removed eventually. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 19:48, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Statement in Politics section about Buhari being a folk hero to some 

message: What is currently reference 68: "Buhari: I believe in freedom of religion.Buhari". goes to an error. However, the next reference does confirm it so I plan to leave that statement although I will delete ref 68. --MadScientistX11 (talk) 20:13, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freedom of Religion Section 

message: Since this article is clearly generating a lot of editing by people with different points of view I want to be as open as possible about all changes and discussions so just want to mention I created a teahouse question about the article and about the recent changes here: Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#Could_use_some_help_editing_controversial_political_article  --MadScientistX11 (talk) 16:00, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  This Article was mentioned in Teahouse question 

message: There were a bunch of changes made by two IP editors recently. On an article like this I think it is irresponsible to just make mass changes like that without discussing on the talk page. If you look above you will see voluminous discussion that came before the changes I made prior to the IP users. One of the edits that IMO was clearly in bad faith was this change: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammadu_Buhari&diff=prev&oldid=643372835 by  there is a source that comes right after the edited text: http://books.google.com/books?id=hTs6GpM4zDMC&q=121#v=snippet&q=121&f=false that says (p. 121) "the leader of the coup was Buhari" which clearly contradicts the change made by  where he says "Major-General Buhari did not take part in the coup". I'm going to re-edit this and change it back.  --MadScientistX11 (talk) 16:09, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buhari and the Coup 

message: Hello everyone ! 
I tried to add some new informations on the page and I don't know why, I can't. It seems there is a filter on me or on my edit. As nobody is answering me on the False positives page, here I am. 
This is what I was trying to add, I don't think it is vandalism (at the end of his political career) : 
Thanks to the help of Gilbert Chagoury, a Lebanese-Nigerian businessman and friend of APC leader Ahmed Tinubu , Muhammadu Buhari's campaign was ran by former Obama campaign manager David Axelrod and his AKPD consultancy. Gilbert Chagoury allegedly used his relationship with Bill Clinton to persuade Axelrod to take on the job of advising Buhari.
In February 2015, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo quit the ruling PDP party and threw his support behind the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket.
Is there a problem with those informations (I found those on Google news) ? 
--Mirbayed (talk) 09:52, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello Mirbayed, those informations seem good to me, I'll try to add them to see what happen. Coccico2345 (talk) 09:54, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

text: It worked with me. There were some mistakes in your sources, maybe this is the reason. Coccico2345 (talk) 10:05, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
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message: according to the media president goodluck jonathan has called buhari on 31 march 2015 to congratulate him, accepting defeat in the general election  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.29.124.102 (talk) 17:50, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Buhari wins presidential election march 2015

message: This article makes it unclear whether his father had the same surname. --YOMAL SIDOROFF-BIARMSKII (talk) 15:19, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
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message: Hello, reference 34 that supports the discussion of Fela Kuti leads to a page not found . Please change the link to . Thank you
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replies: text: Done Stickee (talk) 23:45, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
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message: The articles states that, "Using the wide powers bestowed upon it by Decree Number 2, the government sentenced Fela to 10 years in prison." This is supported by an obituary in the Guardian.  However, other sources, such as the New York Times , Amnesty International , the Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century and a separate Guardian piece  claim that he was only sentenced to 5 years in prison. I think this is sufficient evidence to suggest that the Guardian obituary is incorrect and that Fela Kuti was only sentenced to 5 years in jail. Hedd0026 (talk) 22:58, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
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message: You can use this picture:
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message: political career and 2015 elections are two different things.  Election has a different meaning from career, 2015 elections should be separated into a different sections AND NOT a subsection.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.202.228 (talk) 12:14, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Political career and 2015 elections should be separate sections not subsection to one another

message: Freedom of Religion is not a political view. It is a religious one. Also with regards to security challenge, it is a challenge the country Nigeria has been and is facing, not a view. Again definition of challenge differs from view. Title should be removed or edit reverted. Please edit wisely.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.202.228 (talk) 13:03, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
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message: Edits are fine. Transfer of power from Jonathan to Buhari is not an issue in Nigeria as power has been transferred in the past from military/civilian leaders to civilian leaders. It should be left out  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giantsofnigeria (talk • contribs) 13:12, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: All right. In a parliamentary system, the leader of the opposition is the fellow who becomes PM if s/he wins. In a presidential system, this is only the opposition candidate. These other edits are grammar edits. Mesh22 (talk) 13:23, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

text: It is important to note that what you kept reverting was "a sitting government peacefully transferred power to the opposition by democratic means". This has never happened in Nigerian history. In situations where there was power transfer by democratic means, this transfer was not to the opposition. The OBJ military govt had this transfer to civilian rule as its mandate, same could be said for the Abdulsalami government. Letting this lie but no opposition has ever successfully got power in Nigerian history by wholly democratic means. Mesh22 (talk) 13:27, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Transfer of power from Jonathan to Buhari not an issue in Nigeria as power has been transferred in the past from military/civilian leaders to civilian leaders

message: "This practice has been ongoing for 31 years, since March 1984. That was when the 3-month-old military government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari enacted its War Against Indiscipline (WAI) law by military decree. Environmental Sanitation was a part of the WAI law." http://allafrica.com/stories/201507130604.html 2601:600:8500:B2D9:61AA:44C3:A9F6:D65B (talk) 07:53, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Environmental sanitation day 

message: A previous note in the Military section read "in February 1964, the college [NMTC] was renamed the Nigerian Defence Academy. I included more information explaining why Buhari was sent to Mons instead of the NDA which the NMTC was upgraded to after Buhari's commissioning. Buhari was sent to an allied military academy in UK as part of the Nigerian government's policy. This is relevant and encyclopedic information that helps readers to connect the dots between the NMTC, what it morphed into (NDA), and why Buhari received his officer cadet training at Mons. Please don't delete relevant and encyclopedic information. Kunkuru (talk) 12:41, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
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message: Buhari made the freedom of religion statement in January 2015 while campaigning in Nigeria. It has been put in the 2015 election campaign subsection. Buhari has NOT made any religious policy as of 1st October 2015.please do not remove  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giantsofnigeria (talk • contribs) 10:41, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: freedom of religion

message: The publication title for graff 1988 which was used about five times is not included in the reference section. We believe it may have been taken or cited from another book or publication by User Alexplaugh12  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giantsofnigeria (talk • contribs) 06:35, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Graf 1988 publication title not included in reference section

message: Why not take this admin-imposed ceasefire to discuss de-/merits of your pet edits? Mesh22 (talk) 12:14, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. If edit warring resumes after protection expires I will look at blocks. --NeilN talk to me 13:25, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: , yes that would be better. --OluwaCurtis »» (talk to me) 15:28, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note to edit-warriors 

message: , as an administrator, I expect you revert edits with explanations through the talk page or the user's talk page. Your reverts look like edit warring to me. Regards!! —OluwaCurtis »» (talk to me) 16:39, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
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message: Is "Buhari" a surname or a second name? --YOMAL SIDOROFF-BIARMSKII (talk) 22:54, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
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message: I had my addition of current health status reverted and would like the article to reflect his condition and return status. --Wikipietime (talk) 18:18, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
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message: Remove "an unfortunate fool who happens to be" in the first statement of the page. The description provided is disrespectful and should not be published. It is one thing to express one's thoughts in private speech and another thing to put disrespectful descriptions on such a public domain. Cabuckm14 (talk) 18:58, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done  Thank you –Ammarpad (talk) 19:29, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
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message: Many Nigerians complain that Buhari is incompetent and has failed to stop the war against boko haram. During his time as president of Nigeria Many terror groups have risen in zamfara,kaduna and benue. There is also claims that buhari has no idea of what’s going on in the country and he is being controlled by the Cabal. Azzakisaleh (talk) 21:09, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
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message: It's neccesary to add the information about the massacres that occurs durings his current presidency. Include the unlawful well documentated detention of Ibrahim Zakzaky.
In the section "Presidency (2015–present)" we must add a subsection called Massacres against Civil people. The quote is in Amnesty International website https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/04/nigeria-military-cover-up-of-mass-slaughter-at-zaria-exposed/ Pepebeto2000 (talk) 19:05, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
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message: What are these flags on the photo? --Yomal Sidoroff-Biarmskii (talk) 22:34, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
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message: I once added a gallery section to this article with photos of subject obtainable from wiki commons. Why has the Gallery been removed? and why is there no time stamp for that action? B Enkay 45 (talk) 05:20, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
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message: CFORK stub. Could also be merged into Presidency of Muhammadu Buhari  // Timothy :: talk  20:26, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Klbrain (talk) 12:44, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[Second inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari]] into [[Muhammadu Buhari]]