President Bola Tinubu has departed Nigeria for Europe on a three-week vacation, which forms part of his leave for 2026, the Presidency disclosed on Sunday in a statement.
Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said Tinubu’s first stop would be London, United Kingdom, but did not state the other destinations, noting that the president was expected to return to Nigeria after the working vacation to join the campaign for the January 2027 election.
The Abuja Inquirer from open data of available official records, show that President Tinubu has traveled outside Nigeria on 47 foreign trips and the latest being 48 to 28 countries, spending about 245 days abroad between June 2023 and February 2026.
A compilation of Tinubu’s Foreign Travels, June 2023 – Feb 2026), reveals that the president’s foreign trips cover 28 countries across Europe, Africa, Middle East, Americas, and Asia.
Of the time spent outside the country, the president has been away for 245 days outside translating to 67.12% — roughly two-thirds of the year.
Flight records indicate that the president has covered 240,000 nautical miles that’s about 445,000 km, spending over 380 hours airborne.
Further, Tinubu has frequent some destinations more. Of these, Paris tops with 11 visits, London 9 visits and now 10, UAE 4 visits, and Brazil with 3 visits.
Other notable destinations President Tinubu has visited are Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, India, China, USA, Türkiye, Saint Lucia, Vatican, Germany, Netherlands, and Qatar.
Others are Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania, Rome, The Hague, Berlin, Dakar, Doha, N’Djamena, Malabo, Beijing, Dar es Salaam, Castries, Yokohama, Ankara.
Some of the forays are diplomatic engagements such as participation in summits (e.g., Paris Summit for New Global Financial Pact, AU Mid-Year Coordination Meeting, ECOWAS sessions).
A number of others are bilateral relations meetings with foreign leaders such as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Türkiye, Pope Francis in the Vatican, and other heads of state.
Often, the Presidency have framed the efforts as to attract foreign investment, strengthen trade ties, and negotiate energy/infrastructure deals.
