More Life Stories of Queen Elizabeth in Pictures – Queen’s visit to Nigeria
TOPSHOT – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh bid farewell to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as they depart Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport 06 December 2003 after attending the opening session of Commonwealth Summit in Abuja. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II left Nigeria on Saturday after her first state visit since the west African giant won independence more than four decades ago. AFP PHOTO PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo by Pius Utomi EKPEI / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II reviews the honor guard upon her arrival at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, 03 December 2003. Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Abuja, two days ahead of the Commonwealth summit, on her first visit since the country won its independence from her rule. AFP PHOTO PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/POOL (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II accompanied by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (R) takes salute from a detachment of brigade of guards prior her departure at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport 06 December 2003 after attending the opening session of Commonwealth Summit in Abuja. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II left Nigeria on Saturday after her first state visit since the west African giant won independence more than four decades ago. AFP PHOTO PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo by Pius Utomi EKPEI / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip (R), walk to the plane as they prepare to depart Abuja airport in Nigeria 06 December 2003, at the end of their visit to the West-African nation. AFP PHOTO/POOL Photo/Ben Curtis/POOL) (Photo by BEN CURTIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BEN CURTIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, followed by her husband Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, discusses with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (R) as she departs Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport 06 December 2003 after attending the opening session of the Commonwealth Summit in Abuja. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II left Nigeria on Saturday after her first state visit since the west African giant won independence more than four decades ago. (Photo by Pius Utomi EKPEI / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo watches as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is momentarily distracted at the Millennium Park in Abuja 04 December 2003. After a tree-planting ceremony earlier today in Abuja, the queen visited the village of New Karu, just half-an-hour outside Abuja, to see the set of a new BBC radio soap opera built to look like an African village market. This visit raised some eyebrows in Nigeria, and attracted amused commentary in the British press, as it was initially promoted as Her Majesty’s opportunity to meet “real Nigerians” in a typical (Photo by SAURABH DAS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SAURABH DAS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II of England is welcomed by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo upon her arrival at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, 03 December 2003. Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Abuja, two days ahead of the Commonwealth summit, on her first visit since the country won its independence from her rule. AFP PHOTO PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/POOL (Photo by Pius Utomi EKPEI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II of England (L) and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo review the honor guard upon her arrival at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, 03 December 2003. Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Abuja, two days ahead of the Commonwealth summit, on her first visit since the country won its independence from her rule. AFP PHOTO PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/POOL (Photo by Pius Utomi EKPEI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (R) shakes hands with the King of the Nigerian Urhobo Tribe, Ogiame Atunwase II, at a reception in her honor at the State House Abuja, Nigeria, 03 December 2003. Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Nigeria 03 December two days ahead of the Commonwealth summit, on her first state visit since the country won its independence from her rule in 1956. AFP PHOTO/NIC BOTHMA/POOL (Photo by NIC BOTHMA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by NIC BOTHMA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (R) laughs with Noidi Okereke Onyiwke (L in purple), Director General of the Nigerian stock exchange, during a reception for the Queen at the State House shortly after her arrival 03 December 2003. Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Nigeria 03 December two days ahead of the Commonwealth summit, on her first state visit since the country won its independence from her rule in 1956.
AFP PHOTO NIC BOTHMA/POOL (Photo by NIC BOTHMA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by NIC BOTHMA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Nigerian Head of State Yakubu Gowon rides with Queen Elizabeth II to Buckingham Palace during an official visit to London, UK, June 1973. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) 2/18/1956-Nigeria- The Queen leaving the dais with Governor of the Western Region when she visited Ijebu-ode en route to Lagos on the closing stages of the Royal Nigerian Tour.
TOPSHOT – Queen Elizabeth II tours 04 December 2003 the secretariat of Karu Local council, near Abuja. After a tree-planting ceremony earlier today in Abuja, the queen visited the village of New Karu, just half-an-hour outside Abuja, to see the set of a new BBC radio soap opera built to look like an African village market. This visit raised some eyebrows in Nigeria, and attracted amused commentary in the British press, as it was initially promoted as Her Majesty’s opportunity to meet “real Nigerians” in a typical. (Photo by IAN JONES / POOL / AFP) (Photo by IAN JONES/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
31st January 1956: Crowds during the tour of Nigeria by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. Original Publication: Picture Post – 8274 – The Queen In Nigeria – pub. 1956 (Photo by Charles Hewitt/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II, flanked by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (R), plants a banana tree 04 December 2003 as they visit the Millenium Park in Abuja. Against a dramatic backdrop of the vast Aso Rock that dominates central Abuja and the flags of the 54 nations of the Commonwealth, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II ceremonially planted a palm tree on Thursday on her first state visit to Nigeria in almost 50 years. Wearing a tall pink assymetrical hat with feather and matching floral pink outfit and white accessories, the queen was accompanied by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo during the ceremony to mark the opening of the first part of the Nigerian capital’s Millennium Park. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (right) meet with local people and Muhammadu Sanusi I, Emir of Kano (left) in the northern city of Kano on the last stage of their State Visit to Nigeria, February 17th 1956. (Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II is presented to people from the Southern Cameroons at a garden party held in the grounds of Government House in Lagos, Nigeria during a royal tour of Nigeria in February 1956. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
NIGERIA – JANUARY 26: Victoria street in Lagos decorated with flags for the passing through of the Queen of England during her visit to the governmental palace on January 26, 1956. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
Queen Elizabeth II tour the model village at Children’s rally held on the Kaduna Racecourse with Makaman Bida (Minister of Education), left, pointing out various wooden figures to her Majesty while on the riht, is the Prime Minster of the Northern Region, Sardauna of Sokoto during the Royal visit to Nigeria 3 February 1956 (Photo by NCJ Archive/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Olubunmi Jibowi bows and looks at the camera as she presents a bouquet to the Queen during her visit to Nigeria to inaugurate the Federal Court at Lagos. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
