Oluremi Tinubu Arrives New York Ahead Of UN General Assembly

By Sunday Onye, Senior Correspondent

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has arrived in New York ahead of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78).

The wife of the president was received on arrival on Saturday morning by the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande.

Mrs Tinubu will be speaking at the Nigeria Economic Trade Summit, Africa First Ladies Peace Mission side meeting on Gender Actions for Peace, and DUSUSU Foundation, among other high-level meetings where she will be participating actively.

Earlier, the first lady made a brief stopover in Portugal on her way to New York for the UNGA.

She was received at the Madeira International Airport in Lisbon by the Nigerian Ambassador to Portugal, Alex Kefas.