The last Nigerian leader to visit the United Kingdom in an official capacity was General Ibrahim Babangida in 1989, when Nigeria was still under military rule. Since then, much has changed in the relationship between Abuja and London.
The last Nigerian leader to visit the United Kingdom (UK) in an official capacity was General Ibrahim Babangida in 1989, when the country was still under military rule. Since then, much has changed in the relationship between Abuja and
Olesiia, a medic with Ukraine’s 60th Mechanized Brigade who goes by her callsign “Panda,” sits inside the ambulance in eastern Donetsk Oblast on Jan. 24, 2026. (Patryk Jaracz / The Kyiv Independent)
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