Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua's condition is improving after treatment for a heart ailment in Saudi Arabia and he will return home soon, the country's ruling party said.
Yar'Adua, 58,went to Saudi Arabia suddenly a week ago for medical checks after complaining of severe chest pains.
He is being treated in the Saudi Red Sea port of Jeddah for acute pericarditis - an inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart that can restrict normal beating - but is responding well to treatment, officials have said.
"Reports reaching us have it that the president is improving steadily and will soon return to continue the good work he is doing," the People's Democratic Party (PDP) said in a statement.
source: Reuters
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