Tinubu returns to Abuja today after 10-day working visit to Lagos

President Bola Tinubu is expected to return to Abuja, the nation’s capital, today after a ten-day working visit to Lagos State.

Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, in a statement, on Monday, said the President had arrived in Lagos on Friday, September 26, after attending the coronation of His Imperial Majesty, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, in Ibadan.

“While in the nation’s commercial capital, President Tinubu engaged with key investors, including Bayo Ogunlesi, Chief Executive Officer of Global Infrastructure Partners, and Keem Belo-Osagie, former Chairman of United Bank for Africa and Etisalat, and now Chairman of Metis Capital Partners.”

The President also received Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), in the company of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola and other heads of agencies in the sector.

The President reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to developing Nigeria’s maritime industry as a viable alternative to fossil energy, during the meeting.

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On the eve of Nigeria’s 65th anniversary of independence, President Tinubu visited Imo State to commission projects undertaken by Governor Hope Uzodimma.

The President also unveiled a book authored by the governor, chronicling 10 years of the APC governance in Nigeria.

He delivered the national broadcast from the State House, Dodan Barracks, on Independence Day, and later commissioned the renovated National Theatre — now renamed the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts — where he called on Nigerians to speak positively about their country.

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On Saturday, October 4, President Tinubu visited Jos, Plateau State, to attend the burial of Mama Lydia Yilwatda, the mother of Nantawe Yilwatda, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC.

At the funeral, the President paid tribute to Mama Yilwatda and assured Christian communities in Northern Nigeria of his administration’s unwavering commitment to fairness and equity among all religious groups in the country.