01/04/2015
Nigeria celebrates Buhari's stunning win; challenges loom
ABUJA, Nigeria ? Nigerians celebrated Muhammadu Buhari's electrifying victory in presidential elections Wednesday but sobering challenges confront their next leader, from an Islamic uprising to widespread poverty and graft. Buhari, 72, made history in Africa's most populous country as the first opposition party candidate to win elections, ending President Goodluck Jonathan's bid for another term. For a former major general who three decades ago led Nigeria following a coup, it was an amazing transformation to a democratically elected president. Fresh from his victory, Buhari warned the country's Boko Haram Islamic insurgents that he'd be coming after them. No doubt this nation has suffered...
