Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- President Muhammadu Buhari, in his goodwill message to Muslims, on the commemoration of the Maulud (birthday) celebration of Prophet Muhammad, has charged Nigerian Muslims to borrow a leaf from the life of the great Prophet.

The president who spoke through his senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, said embracing the great virtues for which the prophet was known would change the attitude of Nigerians towards the nation, and boost peaceful coexistence among other faith adherents.

In an apparent reference to the extremist Boko Haram, the president called for moderation in the practice of Islamic teachings.

"The indiscriminate killing of innocent people, the kidnapping of female students and forc...