President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, departed Lagos for Abuja after marking Eid-el-Fitr, following his recent state visit to the United Kingdom.
The President’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed in a statement that Tinubu’s aircraft took off from the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport at 6:44 pm.
“President Tinubu returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom in the early hours of Friday and participated in the Eid-el-Fitr prayers held at Dodan Barracks,” the statement read.
“As part of his Lagos schedule, President Tinubu received 23 governors, including Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji.
“The President also received an EU delegation and members of the Lagos State Governance Advisory Council (GAC).”
Onanuga further stated that Vice President Kashim Shettima visited Lagos to brief the President on his recent trip to Borno State following a suicide bombing incident.
Also present at the President’s residence for the departure were Dapo Abiodun and former Ogun State Governor Olusegun Osoba.
At the airport, the President was seen off by Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, alongside other senior government officials and party leaders.
