President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday returned the seat of power in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja following a 10-day working visit to Lagos.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement he issued to newsmen on Monday.
The President arrived in Lagos on September 26, 2025 after attending the coronation of His Imperial Majesty, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
While in the nation’s commercial capital, President Tinubu engaged with key investors, including Bayo Ogunlesi, Chief Executive Officer of Global Infrastructure Partners, and Keem Belo-Osagie, former Chairman of United Bank for Africa Plc and Etisalat, and now Chairman of Metis Capital Partners.
He also received the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, in the company of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, and other heads of agencies in the sector.
During their meeting, he reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to developing Nigeria’s maritime industry as a viable alternative to fossil energy.
On the eve of Nigeria’s 65th anniversary of independence, President Tinubu visited Imo State to commission projects undertaken by Governor Hope Uzodimma.
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He also unveiled a book authored by the governor, chronicling 10 years of governance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria.
He delivered the national broadcast from the State House, Dodan Barracks on Independence Day.
He later commissioned the renovated National Theatre, now renamed the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts, where he called on Nigerians to speak positively about their country.
On October 4, President Tinubu visited Jos, Plateau State to attend the burial of Lydia Yilwatda, the mother of Professor Nantawe Yilwatda, the National Chairman of the APC.
At the funeral, the President paid tribute to Mama Yilwatda and assured the Christian communities in Northern Nigeria of his administration’s unwavering commitment to fairness and equity among all religious groups in the country.