{"id":412189,"date":"2017-08-20T07:27:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T07:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/20\/nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-returns-home\/"},"modified":"2017-08-20T07:27:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T07:27:24","slug":"nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-returns-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/20\/nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-returns-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returns home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Nigeria\u2019s President Muhammadu Buhari has returned home after three months of medical leave in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Officials refused to disclose what he was being treated for.<\/p>\n<p>It was the president\u2019s second spell of medical leave this year \u2013 leading many Nigerians to question whether he was well enough to run the country.<\/p>\n<p>President Buhari, 74, walked unaided from the plane after landing in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He was greeted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who has acted as interim leader, and was accorded a military salute.<\/p>\n<p>He made no statement and immediately travelled to the presidential villa.<\/p>\n<p>President Buhari, who took office in May 2015, handed over power to Vice President Osinbajo to allay concerns of a void at the helm of Africa\u2019s biggest economy.<\/p>\n<p>His absence sparked numerous protests, including demands that he should resign, as well as calls for more transparency about the president\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>There has been speculation about his health since June 2016, when he first went to London for treatment of what his aides said was a persistent ear infection.<\/p>\n<p>His spokesman said he will address Nigerians on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Nigeria\u2019s President Muhammadu Buhari has returned home after three months of medical leave in the UK. Officials refused to disclose what he was being treated for. It was the president\u2019s second spell of medical leave this year \u2013 leading many Nigerians to question whether he was well enough to run the country. President Buhari, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":412190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returns home - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/20\/nigerian-president-muhammadu-buhari-returns-home\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returns home - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"&#013; Nigeria\u2019s President Muhammadu Buhari has returned home after three months of medical leave in the UK. 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