Nigeria's Buhari heads to London for health checks

[WorldNews]

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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari played down fears over his health Monday as he jetted to London for checks on a medical condition that has forced him to pull out of recent engagements. "I have already told Nigerians that I'm going for 10 days to get my ear checked," Buhari, accompanied by his personal physician, told reporters shortly before his plane took off from Abuja. The presidency announced Sunday that Buhari has had "a persistent ear infection" and that he had been recommended to see an ear, nose and throat specialist in the British capital "purely as a precaution".

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