A host of high-profile dignitaries converged in Katsina state for the final rites of Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu BuhariPresident Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau was present at the burial alongside dozens of Nigerian politicians and business leadersBuhari,

Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari was on Tuesday buried in his private residence in Daura in northern Katsina State.and witnessed by a select gathering of family members, close associates and Islamic clerics.

Nigeria's former President Muhammad Buhari was buried on Tuesday in the backyard of his home in northern Katsina state, as residents climbed trees to bid farewell to the 82-year-old. Buhari ruled Africa's most populous nation between 2015 and 2023 and died in a London hospital on Sunday after an undisclosed illness.