Photo: Tinubu arrives in UK for state visit

2026-03-17 - 17:04

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu arrived in the UK on Tuesday for a two-day state visit hosted by King Charles III, images broadcast by Nigerian television outlets showed. The first such visit by a Nigerian head of state in nearly four decades will include a banquet hosted by Charles at the historic Windsor Castle, west of London. Nigeria is part of the Commonwealth, while Britain is home to a massive Nigerian diaspora. Tinubu touched down at London Stansted Airport shortly before 4:00 pm UK time (1600 GMT). His trip comes a day after Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri was hit by coordinated blasts by suspected suicide bombers, killing 23 and wounding more than 100 others. AFP