President of Nigeria became the newly elected civilian president. Obasanjo served two terms in office. In May 2007, Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua was sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the 13th head of state of Nigeria. Yar'Adua died on 5 May 2010 in the Presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria. On 6 May 2010, the Vice President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the 14th head of state. On 29 May 2015, Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the 15th head of state after winning
Jonathan S. Morris Jonathan S. Morris Jonathan S. Morris is an American political scientist and professor of political science at East Carolina University (ECU), where he is also the director of undergraduate studies in the department of political science. He is known for researching the effects of exposure to news satire television shows, such as "the Daily Show" and "the Colbert Report", on people's political attitudes. For example, a 2006 study he co-authored with his ECU colleague, Jody Baumgartner, examined the effects of viewing the Daily Show's coverage of the 2004 U.S. presidential election on voters' perceptions of George W. Bush and John