{"id":887356,"date":"2026-01-23T21:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/tinubu-arrives-lagos\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:27:02","slug":"tinubu-arrives-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/tinubu-arrives-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu arrives Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Received in Lagos.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos State for the end-of-year holidays. He had visited Borno and Bauchi states earlier in the day, as part of his three-state official tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/12\/tinubu-departs-maiduguri-for-bauchi\/\">Tinubu departs Maiduguri for Bauchi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On arrival at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, President Tinubu was received  by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, government officials and the All Progressives Congress, APC, members.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he is expected to be the guest of honour at the Eyo Festival scheduled for December 27, at Tafawa Balewa Square.<\/p>\n<p>The event will honour prominent figures, including the President\u2019s mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, and former governors Alhaji Lateef Jakande and Chief Michael Otedola.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"h-earlier\">Earlier\u2026<\/h4>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Saturday, President Tinubu was in Maiduguri, Borno State, to inaugurate key projects. He also attended the marriage ceremony of a son of former Borno Governor, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s aircraft touched down at the General Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Maiduguri, at about 12:55 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>He was received by Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina, Amadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, and other senior government officials.<\/p>\n<p>One of the projects was the terminal extension of the upgraded international wing of the General Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Maiduguri. Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/12\/tinubu-departs-maiduguri-for-bauchi\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From Borno he left for Bauchi, where he paid a condolence visit to the state government and the family of Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi. <\/p>\n<p>The renowned Islamic cleric and leader of the Tijjaniyya Muslim Brotherhood died on November 27.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu noted that the Sheikh\u2019s life exemplified humility, service, and dedication, and prayed for Allah\u2019s mercy and admission into Jannatul Firdaus.<\/p>\n<p>He announced that the Federal University of Medical Sciences Azare would be renamed after the late cleric to honour his contributions to education. Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/12\/tinubu-names-varsity-after-late-sheikh-bauchi\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardngr.com\">Vanguard News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/12\/tinubu-arrives-lagos-after-three-state-tour\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Received in Lagos. President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Lagos State for the end-of-year holidays. He had visited Borno and Bauchi states earlier in the day, as part of his three-state official tour. Read Also: Tinubu departs Maiduguri for Bauchi On arrival at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, President Tinubu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":887357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3526,99081],"tags":[6330,99080],"class_list":{"0":"post-887356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arrives","8":"category-tinubu","9":"tag-arrives","10":"tag-tinubu"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}