Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received French President, Emmanuel Macron, at the presidential villa in Abuja.
The meeting is part of efforts to forge closer ties with English-speaking Africa.
The 40-year-old former investment banker who speaks fluent English, has made a point of boosting ties with France’s former colonies but also improving trade with anglophone countries.
Later today, he will also visit Lagos State where the state government has planned to host him at the New Afrika Shrine founded by Femi Kuti, son of music legend, Fela Kuti. Macron will be the first president to visit thr music legend's shrine.
The New Afrika Shrine located at Ikeja Lagos was built after the original Shrine by the musical legend, Fela was destroyed in 1977.
In Lagos, the agenda will be less traditionally diplomatic, with more focus on the megacity of 20 million people’s artistic and cultural scene.
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