Summary

  • Muhammadu Buhari sworn in as Nigeria's new president

  • Buhari describes Boko Haram as 'godless'

  • Dignitaries from around the world witness the ceremony

  • IS militants in say they have seized a Libyan airport

  1. Nigeria rebootpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    The APC party of Nigeria's President Buhari has an innovative way of asking people who want change in the country to be patient:

  2. 'Historic' ceremonypublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    The chairperson of the African Union commission Nkosozana Dlamini Zuma has been tweeting pictures of her time at Preisdent Buhari's inauguration:

  3. Witness to historypublished at 15:20

    Kenya's deputy president has tweeted a series of pictures showing him at the inauguration of Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari:

  4. Paint jobpublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    These Nigerians pictured in the capital, Abuja, covered themselves in paint to celebrate the inauguration the new president:

  5. Tip top fashion part IIpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    The BBC's Kelvin Brown is continuing to tweet pictures of the outfits that caught his eye at President Buhari's inauguration in Abuja:

  6. Tip top fashionpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Our BBC producer spotted this pair in Abuja's Eagle Square, who put on their best clothes to mark the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari:

  7. Buhari's thankspublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    In one of his first tweets as Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari repeats his message form the inaugural speech about how he sees his job:

  8. Party time in Abujapublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Focus on Africa's presenter has spotted people celebrating in Nigeria's capital following the inauguration of their new president:

  9. Crowd break through securitypublished at 11.33

    A BBC producer in Abuja has tweeted:

  10. US messagepublished at 11:32

    The US secretary of state has tweeted:

  11. Buhari's wavepublished at 11.30

    The BBC's Akwasi Sarpong captured this picture of Nigeria's new president:

  12. Trending in Nigeriapublished at 11:16 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    #ChangeIsHere and #DemocracyDay are some of the things tweeters are talking about in Nigeria, according to Trends map:

  13. Jonathan arrivespublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    Nigeria's out-going President Goodluck Jonathan is now at Abuja's Eagle Square to hand over power:

  14. Party timepublished at 10:01 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    A BBC producer has spotted these dancers enjoying themselves in Abuja's Eagle Square:

  15. #BuhariFixThispublished at 09:09 British Summer Time 29 May 2015

    People have been tweeting what they want they think Nigeria's new president should sort out first with the hanshtag #BuhariFixThis

  16. World comes to Nigeriapublished at 08:56

    There are many VIPs from Africa and beyond in Abuja for the inauguration:

    Kenya's deputy president is also in Abuja:

  17. Entertaining the guestspublished at 08:50

    The crowd at Abuja's Eagle Square are getting warmed up: