Contrary to prevailing views about President Muhammadu Buhari's health, THISDAY checks have revealed that following his medical vacation during which he had blood transfusion, the President is making 'steady and significant recovery'. According to one of them, since his return from medical vacation last month, the President has been taking his time, but has improved steadily in recent days. Close aides say though Buhari is not even thinking of the 2019 presidential race at the moment, those who rule him out are doing so at their own peril. "He is not even bothered about them, he doesn't even bother about 2019 one way or the other right now. President Buhari recently returned from a 50-day medical vacation during which several political alignments and re-alignments continued among leading politicians of the two political parties and throwing open the race for the presidency in 2019.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 23, 2017 04:30 UTC