JUST IN: Buhari, Macron in closed door meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari and the visiting French President Emmanuel Macron are currently engaged in bilateral talks bordering on security and terrorism at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The French leader and members of entourage arrived the presidential villa at about 4.35p.m.

He was received at the forecourt of the presidential villa by President Buhari.

Others at the forecourt of the presidential villa to welcome the French leader include Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, cabinet ministers and some presidential aides.

The bilateral talks between the two presidents would centre on issues bordering on security and terrorism.

Macron had on Monday in Nouakchott during the closing ceremony of the AU Summit met with the Nigerian leader.

The French leader will after his engagement with Buhari visit the Afrika Shrine, a nightclub in Lagos founded by Nigerian music legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti.