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Saturday 30 May 2015 - 14:59 Makkah mean time-12-8-1436
 Abuja (IINA) – Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in on Friday and pledged to tackle Boko Haram "head on," asserting the fight against the extremists wouldn't be won until hundreds of schoolgirls abducted last year and other kidnapping victims were brought home alive.
Nigerians celebrated their newly reinforced democracy, dancing and singing songs and praises at the inauguration of Buhari, the first candidate to beat a sitting president at the polls, the Associated Press reported.
As Buhari finished taking the oath of office in traditional robes and an embroidered cap, the crowd at Eagle Square in Nigeria’s capital roared its approval.
The former general then inspected troops in the plaza, decked out in colors of Nigeria’s green and white flag, from the back of an open vehicle and waved at supporters. A 21-gun salute boomed over Eagle Square during the handover of power which is a turning point in Nigeria’s democratic evolution. A phalanx of African leaders attended the inauguration along with France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and US Secretary of State John Kerry.
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