On Sunday morning, President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Abuja, Nigeria, following an official visit to Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America (USA), where he had been for the previous eight days to take part in the US-Africa Leaders Summit.
The President, who left his country residence in Daura, Katsina State, last Sunday in order to travel to the event in the United States, was asked to participate in the Summit among other African leaders by his American counterpart, President Joe Biden.
During his time in Washington, DC, President Buhari took part in a number of high-level meetings and conversations centred on US-Africa relations.
During these meetings and conversations, he spoke on important issues that are affecting the black continent, such as issues of safety, climate change, and other transnational organised crimes.
He also used some of the downtime between the main events of the visit to engage in some sideline meetings, during which time some high-level agreements were reached with businesses based in the United States.
To cap off the visit, he held a townhall meeting with members of the Nigerian community living in the United States.
Governors AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara) and Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) as well as the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ramatu Tijani Aliyu, greeted the President upon his arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday morning.
Other high-ranking officials in charge of national security were also present at the airport to meet and greet the President. These included the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, and the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi.