President Bola Tinubu on Thursday departed Abuja for Europe to begin a 10-day working vacation, the Presidency announced.

In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency said the leave forms part of Tinubu’s 2025 annual vacation.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today, September 4, to commence a working vacation in Europe, as part of his 2025 annual leave. The vacation will last 10 working days. President Tinubu will spend the period between France and the UK and then return to the country,” Onanuga stated.

The trip comes barely a week after Tinubu’s return from a 12-day diplomatic tour of Japan and Brazil. The president departed Nigeria on August 15, stopping briefly in Dubai before arriving in Yokohama, Japan, where he attended the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) from August 20–22.

During the visit, Tinubu held bilateral meetings with Japanese officials and engaged top executives of companies with investments in Nigeria. He later travelled to Brazil on a state visit at the invitation of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, where both leaders signed memoranda of understanding covering aviation, foreign affairs, science and technology, and agriculture.

The president returned to Nigeria on August 28. Earlier in April, he had spent 19 days in France and the UK on private visits.