Buhari on the mend

ABUJA: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will return to his official duties as soon as doctors advise that he can end his medical leave, the presidency said yesterday.

Amid conflicting reports on the health of the 74-year-old president, his office released a photograph on Sunday – the first for almost three months – showing a smiling Buhari looking less gaunt than when he was last seen on television in Nigeria.

Buhari left Abuja for London on May 7 for treatment of an unspecified illness, his second trip abroad this year for health reasons. The first trip, also to London, lasted two months and several photos of him were published. Reuters