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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent

Nigeria takes its place on world stage in quest to become regional superpower

Queen Camilla, King Charles, Bola Tinubu and Oluremi Tinubu stand in a grand, ornate hallway
Queen Camilla, King Charles, Bola Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, before the state banquet at Windsor Castle last week. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

“There are chapters in our shared history that I know have left some painful marks,” King Charles said during a state banquet to welcome the Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, to the UK, in a year in which the monarch is expected to come under renewed pressure to make a formal apology for transatlantic slavery and colonialism.

But while demands grow from African and Caribbean nations for the UK to further reparative justice, Nigeria and the UK are looking to the future of global trade.

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