Advisors fear he is playing into the hands of rivals seeking to capitalize on his poor  health as he prepares to fight for re-election next year.

When their president spent half of last year on sick leave in Britain, Nigerians were susceptible to suggestions that he’s died and been replaced by a body double.

Muhammadu Buhari’s advisors were unable to persuade him not to contest presidential elections next year.

They’ve obviously also failed to convince him that rumours are wisest left as rumours.

The fact that he Buhari used a high-profile appearance while attending the Climate Change summit in Poland to deny that he’s been cloned has left them shaking their heads in exasperation.

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Chairman of the EU summit Donald Tusk says mandatory quotas in ineffective and highly divisive.

The European Union is committed to reach a deal on accepting migrants by June.

Poland and neighbors Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are refusing to accept asylum seekers.

They say they cannot accommodate  large numbers of people from different cultural and religious backgrounds.

In any event, the migrants are more keen to settle in Western European countries.

Tusk, who’s a former Polish prime minister, has his work cut out driving a deal that will ease the pressure on Italy, Spain and other Mediterranean countries inundated with migrants.

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The Independent’s reporting that the controversial proposal has already started a war between ministers and officials at the Department for International Development.

Downing Street officials and senior cabinet ministers believe part of the British government’s R200 billion  aid budget should be used to win support for a favourable deal from Brussels.

The proposed plan would see aid money being diverted from projects described as questionable in developing countries in Asia and Africa to Poland, Hungary and the Baltic states, which so far have been allies of the UK.

The manoeuvre is reportedly designed to persuade eastern European countries to back the demands of the UK, when negotiating its exit from the EU.

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Two of the terrorists were killed by police clearing the Bardo Museum.

It appears those arrested either fled the scene or played a supporting role.

The names of the four people arrested haven’t been released.

And no organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Authorities have increased the death toll to 23.

Twenty are tourists. This morning officials were saying a South African was included in this number made up of visitors from Japan, Colombia, Poland, Britain, Spain

They have not confirmed this.

The dead do include terrorists Yassine Laabidi and Hatem Khachnaoui who were killed as security forces stormed the museum.

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