Nigeria, July 16 -- On Sunday, July 13, 2025, Muhammadu Buhari, a former Nigerian president, died in a London hospital. As expected, immediately news of his death broke, and a maelstrom of reactions was set off across the country, including on social media. Many have expressed grief at the passing of the man who was Nigeria's president most recently between 2015 and 2023. A lifetime ago, he was also a military president of Nigeria.

Death usually provokes numerous reactions and questions. With Buhari's death, it has been no different. When he improbably came into office in 2015, many Nigerians expected that the country was in for vital shock therapy. Fatefully and historically, Buhari had at his disposal all the tools he needed to revamp ...