Just In: Tinubu Returns To Nigeria From Qatar

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after a two-day State visit to Qatar at the invitation of the Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

News Direct had reported earlier that Tinubu departed the Presidential wing of the Doha International Airport on Monday morning and arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, this evening.

The president arrived this evening and was received on arrival by senior government officials led by Vice President Kashim Shettima.

Other officials sighted at the airport include his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wikeand the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje.

VP Shettima, Wike, Gbaja, along with others, welcome to President Tinubu upon his return from Qatar pic.twitter.com/8BxnmrHB6s

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During his visit to Qatar, the President met with investors at the Nigeria-Qatar Business and Investment Forum in Doha on Sunday.

President Tinubu and His Highness, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, also presided over the signing of landmark agreements between Nigeria and Qatar.

Tinubu also witnessed the signing of various bilateral agreements concerning critical sectors of education, enterprise development, investment promotion, youth empowerment, mining, tourism, and sports.

Also, during the business/investment forum, he spoke to the Qatari business community about the vast investment opportunities available in Nigeria with an almost unbelievable return on investment, assuring them of his administration’s resolve to make Nigeria the best investors’ destination anywhere in the world.