Tinubu, Remi begin historic state visit to UK

 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu will today depart Abuja for a historic two-day State Visit to the United Kingdom at the invitation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

It marks the first State Visit by a Nigerian leader to the United Kingdom in decades.

It will also make President Tinubu the first Nigerian President to be received by the British monarch at Windsor Castle.

The Presidency said the visit is intended to strengthen the longstanding relationship between Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

Nigeria gained independence from British colonial rule on October 1, 1960.