ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned home on Saturday from three months of medical leave in Britain where he received treatment for an unspecified ailment.

FILE PHOTO - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during German President Joachim Gauck's visit to the State House in Abuja, Nigeria February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

Buhari’s leave, which began on May 7 and was his second this year, left many in Nigeria questioning whether he was well enough to run the country. The refusal of officials to disclose the nature of the ailment has led to speculation about the illness.

Dressed in a dark kaftan and Muslim prayer hat, the 74-year-old Buhari walked unaided from his plane - holding rails on either side of him - after it landed at the international airport in the capital, Abuja.

He was greeted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who has acted as interim leader, and was accorded a military salute. He made no statement and immediately traveled to the presidential villa.

Buhari, who took office in May 2015, handed over power to Osinbajo in his absence to allay concerns of a void at the helm of Africa’s biggest economy.

“President Buhari is expected to speak to Nigerians in a broadcast by 7 a.m (0600 GMT) on Monday, Aug. 21,” his spokesman, Femi Adesina, said in a statement on Saturday.

Buhari’s absence sparked numerous protests, including demands that Buhari should resign, as well as calls for more transparency about the president’s condition.

The All Progressives Congress (APC), the party of president and his deputy, praised the vice president’s contribution.

In a statement, it said Osinbajo had delivered “competent leadership in the absence of President Buhari and especially commends him for his effort to unite the country and drive the recovery of the national economy”.

Osinbajo’s actions included overseeing the creation of a market-determined foreign exchange window that helped push share prices to near three-year highs.

He also announced the legalizing of illicit refineries in the Niger Delta, the OPEC member’s restive southern oil hub.

The move calmed tensions and prompted regional leaders to abandon a threat to pull out of talks with the government aimed at maintaining the peace that has this year halted attacks on energy facilities which in 2016 cut oil production by more than a third.

The medical leave was Buhari’s second break for treatment in Britain this year after a spell of two months from January.

Buhari reduced his working day to a few hours after returning on March 10 to Nigeria from his first stint of medical leave, diplomats and government sources said.

Little was seen of Buhari during his second stint in London. The first photograph of him was released on July 23, nearly 80 days after he left.

The frequency of images released increased in the last few weeks with Buhari appearing in photographs with visiting Nigerian state governors, the archbishop of Canterbury and the OPEC secretary general.</s>ABUJA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will return on Saturday from medical leave in Britain where he has been since May 7, a presidential spokesman said.

The presidency has not disclosed the precise nature of the 74-year-old's ailment, which has led to speculation in Nigerian media and on social media about his illness and whether he will seek a second term by contesting the 2019 election.

Buhari, who took office in May 2015, handed over power to his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, in his absence to allay concerns of a void at the helm of Africa's biggest economy.

"President Muhammadu Buhari returns to the country later today, after receiving medical attention in London," the president's spokesman Femi Adesina said in a statement on Saturday.

"President Buhari is expected to speak to Nigerians in a broadcast by 7 a.m (0600 GMT) on Monday, August 21," he said.

It was his second break for medical leave in Britain this year after a first that began in January and lasted nearly two months.

Buhari reduced his working day to a few hours after returning to Nigeria from his first stint of medical leave on March 10, diplomats and government sources said. (Reporting by Felix Onuah; Writing by Alexis Akwagyiram; Editing by Janet Lawrence)</s>PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – 10 On Your Side’s Andy Fox is reporting that a judge has ruled that a former Portsmouth police officer does not need to pay back the city in a dispute over sick leave.

The former officer, Mike Plessinger, who now lives in York County, started a battle with cancer back in 2008. When fellow officers found out, they started donating sick leave to Plessinger so he could support his family. But he never saw the hundreds of hours of donated sick leave.

Then five years later the City of Portsmouth informed Plessinger he owed nearly $11,000 for advancing him his own sick leave. The two then went into a court battle over the statue of limitations being expired.

“Judge Ottinger gave due diligence to both sides and I appreciate he thought we were right. I feel exonerated,” Plessinger told Fox.

A judge ultimately ruled the statue of limitations did expire. Portsmouth now has 10 days to appeal the decision.</s>The Nigerian leader spent three months in the UK seeking treatment for an unspecified illness....
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* Salmar announced on Jan 26 that Williksen would be on sick leave until mid-April Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Reporting By Terje Solsvik)</s>Nigeria’s 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’s second spell of medical leave this year – leading many Nigerians to question whether he was well enough to run the country.

President Buhari, 74, walked unaided from the plane after landing in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

He was greeted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who has acted as interim leader, and was accorded a military salute.

He made no statement and immediately travelled to the presidential villa.

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’s biggest economy.

His absence sparked numerous protests, including demands that he should resign, as well as calls for more transparency about the president’s condition.

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.

His spokesman said he will address Nigerians on Monday morning.</s>San Francisco: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to take two months of paternity leave when his second daughter is born.

Zuckerberg announced his leave in a Facebook post late Friday, saying he had also taken two months leave when his first daughter, Max, was born in 2015.

"I will always be grateful I could spend so much time with her in the first months of her life. Our new daughter is coming soon, and I`m planning to take two months of paternity leave again," Zuckerberg said.

The CEO said he will take a month off to be with his wife Priscilla and daughters at the beginning, and then spend the whole month of December together as well.

"At Facebook, we offer four months of maternity and paternity leave because studies show that when working parents take time to be with their newborns, it`s good for the entire family. And I`m pretty sure the office will still be standing when I get back," he wrote.

Though it does not seem interesting to pay attention to a CEO`s personal life, parental leave remains a controversial concept in the US, given its lack of legislative support from the government.

It also entails cultural stigma around employees, especially those in executive leadership, taking time off from work, The Verge reported.

Only 14 percent of civilian workers had access to paid family leave, and the first state to establish mandated paid family leave was California in 2004, according to a 2017 study from Pew Research.

Standard family leave policies in Canada, Europe, and elsewhere are much more generous on average, the research added.

Facebook offers up to four months leave for new parents. The leave period can be split up throughout the first year of a new child`s birth.
Nigerian state television reports that President Muhammadu Buhari is back in the country after a three-month sick leave in Britain.