Just In: Tinubu Lands in Saudi Arabia for Umrah

Author: vanguardngr.comPublished on: October 29, 2026Country: Saudi Arabia

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Just In: Tinubu Lands in Saudi Arabia for Umrah

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu arrived Thursday evening at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, where he was received by Nigeria’s ambassador, Yakubu Gambo, and Saudi royal protocol chief Ahmad bin Thafir. He is scheduled to perform Umrah, the lesser pilgrimage, and is expected to return to Nigeria next week. It is Tinubu’s second trip to Makkah for Umrah since taking office on May 29, 2023; he previously visited in November 2023 after the Saudi-African Summit in Riyadh.

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