Major General Muhammadu Buhari, who served twice as Nigeria’s president, once in the 1980s as a harsh military dictator and more recently as an unlikely symbol of democracy, has died in London aged 82.

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

Nigeria's former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Africa's most populous country from 2015 to 2023 and was the first Nigerian president to oust an incumbent through the ballot box, died in London on Sunday,