Nigeria's late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a London clinic on Sunday aged 82, will be buried in his northern home state of Katsina on Tuesday, the state governor said. Buhari, a former military ruler after a coup in the 1980s,

LAGOS - Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa's most populous country from 2015-23 and was the first Nigerian president to oust an incumbent through the ballot box, died in London on Sunday,

He escalated the country’s conflict with Boko Haram and sought to reduce state corruption, but grew increasingly unpopular over his two terms as president.