Aisha Buhari

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Nigeria’s proposed social media Bill has been described as draconian. Photograph: Kola Sulaimon / AFP
Nigerian social media Bill under fire as first lady suggests emulating China

Activists are rallying in Nigeria after the country’s first lady proposed using China as a model for how to control citizens’ social media use. “If C(...)

A spokesman for the German government helps Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari prior to a press conference with chancellor Angla Merkel in Berlin on Friday. Photogragh: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images
Nigerian president says critical wife ‘belongs in the kitchen’
  • Africa
  • October 16, 2016, 16:51

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed criticism voiced by his wife in a BBC interview, saying she belonged in the kitchen and he had “supe(...)

Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari at an event to celebrate the 56th anniversary of his country’s independence on October 1st. His wife says she may not vote for him at the next election. Photograph: Philip Ojisua/AFP/Getty Images
Nigerian president’s wife may not back him at next election
  • Africa
  • October 14, 2016, 10:54

The wife of Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari says she may not back her husband at the next election unless he shakes up his government. Aisha Buha(...)