Senior government officials gathered in a delegation to greet the president.
A group of high-ranking government officials met him when he landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Tuesday night.
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; and Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, were among those who greeted the President.
The president landed in Italy on Saturday at Mario De Bernardo Military Airport and spent Sunday at the Vatican, where Pope Leo was installed as the 267th head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Bishop of Rome.
The president shook hands and had a brief talk with the new pope at the reception after the inaugural liturgy at St. Peter’s Square, according to a video posted on his official X Twitter.
United States Vice President J.D. Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were among the foreign leaders who attended the installation mass alongside Tinubu. They all greeted the new pope.
Pope Leo XIV, who was elected on May 8 and was formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, called for international cooperation during his inauguration mass, highlighting the need to stop the exploitation of the environment and the marginalization of the poor.
In order to promote stability and quick growth, Tinubu urged Nigerian leaders and people to use the nation’s variety as a source of strength rather than division while they were in Rome. During Pope Leo’s installation event, the president also met with former Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi and Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) 2023 presidential candidate.