President Bola Tinubu has conferred Nigeria’s second highest honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), on the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
Modi was honoured with the title on Sunday during his visit to President Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
Tinubu also declared the Indian Prime Minister as a friend of Nigeria.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu honours Prime Minister @narendramodi confers him with Nigeria’s second highest honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) declares him friend of Nigeria,” presidential media aide, Dada Olusegun wrote on his X account in confirmation of the development.
Earlier, News360 Info reported that President Tinubu, on Sunday, received the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, at the State House in Abuja.
The Nigerian leader personally received the Indian Prime Minister at the forecourt of the Aso Rock Villa.
Modi inspected a Guard of Honour, and a 21-gun salute was also made in his honour.
Modi’s visit to Nigeria is the first by an Indian Prime Minister since Dr Manmohan Singh’s state visit in 2007, when the two nations established a strategic partnership.
In other news, President Tinubu has bestowed a posthumous award of the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on the late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja.
Tinubu conferred the honour on Friday, during the funeral service in honour of Lagbaja, which was held at the National Cemetery in Mogadishu, Abuja.
