Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is not ill and will be back in Abuja in a matter of days, his media adviser has told the BBC’s Newsday programme.
Femi Adesina said the president was on holiday in the UK and having what he called routine medical tests – listen to the full interview here:
On Thursday, the Nigerian presidency tweeted two photos of the 74-year-old president meeting two visiting Nigerian politicians in an apparent attempt to dispel rumours about his health: