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Nigeria: President Tinubu to Undertake State Visit to Turkey

President Tinubu's visit to Türkiye includes signing nine MoUs and a business forum to boost trade and cooperation, targeting a $5 billion trade volume, officials said.

  • On Monday, January 26, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu departed Abuja for a state visit to the Republic of Türkiye, and he has arrived in Ankara, the presidency said.
  • The trip is intended to strengthen longstanding cordial relations and expand cooperation in security, education, social development, innovation, and aviation, advisers said it followed an invitation from the Turkish government.
  • At Ankara Esenboğa Airport, he was received by a Turkish delegation led by Yusuf Tekin, with Nigerian embassy officials; his plane touched down at 9.03 pm, and ministers Lateef Fagbemi and Wale Edun welcomed him at his hotel.
  • Planned engagements feature MoUs across research, energy, technical cooperation and military collaboration, and a business forum will bring together investors from Nigeria and Türkiye to explore bilateral trade and investment.
  • He will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to conduct head-of-state talks, with officials highlighting Türkiye's capacity to produce weapons and defence cooperation as a key focus.
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The Nigerian president stumbled during an official ceremony in Ankara, in the presence of his Turkish counterpart. The Nigerian president tripped while walking alongside the Turkish president in the capital, Ankara, during an official ceremony held as part of an official visit between the two countries.

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