PATIENCE JONATHAN EXPECTED BACK BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER

Patience Jonathan is expected back in the country before the end of September ahead of Nigeria’s 52nd Independence anniversary. There's been speculation about the first lady's whereabouts, while some media section say she has been  hospitalized at the Horst Schmidt Klinik in Wiesbaden, Germany for food poisoning, others say she underwent surgery for appendicitis. 

Her media aides insisted that she only travelled abroad to rest after the stress involved in the hosting of the African First Ladies’ Conference in Abuja. 

While there is no specific date for her return, it is believed that the first lady will return before the finale of activities marking the celebration of this year’s Independence anniversary on October 1 is concluded.