President Bola Tinubu and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu have arrived in Nigeria on Friday after a two-day state visit to the United Kingdom.
Senior government officials, including Senate President Godswill Akpabio, were present to greet the presidential pair when the presidential aircraft landed, according to video footage posted on X by Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication.
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“A President arrives home. Excitement as President Tinubu returns to Nigeria after a resoundingly successful state Vlvisit to the UK,” Dare wrote.
The visit, which happened on March 18–19, 2026, was the first official state visit to the UK by a Nigerian leader in 37 years. The last one took place in 1989.
On Tuesday, Tinubu and Remi left Abuja and landed at London Stansted Airport.
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla hosted them the following day at Windsor Castle, where they received a ceremonial welcome, including an honour guard and carriage procession.
During the banquet, Tiubu reaffirmed the long-standing relationship between Nigeria and the United Kingdom while recounting the security and support he got there during Nigeria’s military rule.
Speaking, King Charles highlighted the strong cultural, commercial, and interpersonal ties between the two countries and commended the UK-Nigeria relationship as a “partnership of equals.”
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Tinubu held a high-level bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday with the goal of fortifying Nigeria-Britain relations.
A £746 million finance arrangement including UK Export Finance, the Nigerian Ports Authority, and the Federal Ministry of Finance was one of several memoranda of understanding that were inked.
In an effort to improve migration control and bilateral collaboration, a new deal was also inked with the UK to ease the return of convicted criminals, visa overstayers, and unsuccessful Nigerian asylum claimants.
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