MAY 29 heralds the start of a new dispensation for Nigeria when Muhammadu Buhari, a 72-year-old retired general and former military head of state, is sworn in as its new president. In his fourth electoral attempt at the presidency he achieved the unthinkable by defeating the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, in what observers have called the closest presidential election in Nigerian history. Fears of a violent aftermath were defused when Jonathan conceded defeat hours before the formal announcement of the results….more