Abuja: India accords high priority to its strategic partnership with Nigeria and it will work towards boosting ties in a range of areas, including defence, energy and trade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during his talks with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, to Nigeria on his first official visit. Tinubu disclosed this in a statement through his official X handle on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently in Nigeria, visiting the country, as part of a three-nation tour to strengthen ties between India and Nigeria. In this tour the PM Modi would also be visiting Brazil and Guyana.

Abuja: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently in Nigeria, the first stop in his five-day three-nation visit to strengthen global relationships. PM Modi landed in Nigeria to an extremely warm welcome from the local government and the Indian diaspora.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached Nigeria on Sunday to begin his three-nation tour, thanked the African country's government and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a warm welcome to the Indian leader and his delegation there.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu met to renew what they called the "strategic partnership" between the giants of Asia and Africa on Sunday. Modi was welcomed to the Nigerian presidency by a military pipe band and honour guard,