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President Bola Tinubu has arrived in the United Arab Emirates ahead of the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week summit.
The President touched down at about 11:p.m. local time , and was received by the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
His Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the president is attending the summit at the invitation of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
According to him, the annual global forum brings together leaders from government and business to discuss sustainable development.
The Eastern Updates reports that this year’s summit is themed “The Nexus of Next: All Systems Go.”
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Recall that President Tinubu left Nigeria on December 28, departing Lagos as part of what the Presidency described as an end-of-year break in Europe.
He was last week seen in France meeting with Rwanda’s president.
President Tinubu is expected back in Nigeria after the week long summit
The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has returned to the country after spending several weeks on vacation in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Ganduje’s arrival could not be unconnected to plans to finalize arrangements for smooth defection of the only Governor of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Abba Yusuf to defect to APC.
In a statement by his Chief of Staff, Muhammad Garba, Dr. Ganduje arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Saturday at about 4:30 p.m. aboard an Emirates Airline flight, after which he will proceed onward to Abuja at 8 pm
