President Umaru Yar'Adua returns home

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has returned home after three months' treatment in Saudi Arabia, officials say, but his condition is unknown.

A plane from Jeddah landed at Abuja airport in the early hours, where an ambulance was waiting on the tarmac.
everyone except presidential officials was kept out of the airport.
He followed the official convoy the 40km (25 miles) into central Abuja and says there was a military presence every 300m on the route, which became more stringent towards the city centre.

It is not clear if Mr Yar'Adua will go to a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, or if he is well enough to resume duties.
If the 58-year-old leader - who has been getting treatment for heart and kidney problems - does not appear, questions will be asked as to whether he is fit to govern.
Presidential adviser Emmanuel Egbogah told Reuters news agency Mr Yar'Adua was back, but it was "doubtful" he would resume office immediately.

Nigeria's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Aminchi, told AFP news agency Mr Yar'Adua had returned home and his condition had "improved tremendously".

In the past week or so we have been told that the acting president will now take the country in a new direction, give this country new energy," he said.

"And suddenly the president himself turns up. If he's anywhere near capacity, and I would think capacity for him would be about 50-60%, I think he would want to get back to work right away.

At the time, many Nigerians doubted that Yar'Adua would ever be well enough, casting a question mark over the leadership of the ruling party in the run-up to next year's presidential election. Even though Yar'Adua is returning to Nigeria, questions about his health are bound to persist, so the political uncertainty is unlikely to lift quickly.

In Yar'Adua's absence more than 300 people have died and thousands have been displaced in religious violence between Christians and Muslims. There was a major kidnapping and an attack on a pipeline in the oil-rich Niger delta, and a young Nigerian man tried to bring down an airliner over Detroit, prompting the introduction of more stringent security regulations for people travelling from Nigeria.
I wonder what the future holds for our great nation!!