Nigeria welcomed its new president yesterday, the military leader and northern Muslim, Muhammadu Buhari.

mg class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-511972″ src=”http://newsone.com/files/2010/05/president.jpg” alt=”NIGERIA PRESIDENT” width=”512″ height=”337″ /> LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s acting leader Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in Thursday as president of Africa’s most populous country, as the body of his predecessor was flown north for a traditional Muslim burial hours after he died following a lengthy illness.