President Bola Tinubu has summoned an emergency session of the Federal Executive Council scheduled for Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a UK hospital on Sunday.
Tinubu disclosed this in a tribute he signed Sunday evening, shortly after news of Buhari’s passing broke. The President confirmed that Buhari would be accorded full state honours.
“As a mark of respect to our former leader, I have directed that all national flags fly at half-staff across the country for seven days from today,” Tinubu wrote. He added, “I have also summoned an emergency Federal Executive Council session on Tuesday, dedicated to his honour.” The President said the late Buhari’s passing filled him with “profound sorrow and a heavy heart,” adding that Nigeria has lost “a patriot, a soldier, a statesman.” “President Buhari was to the very core, a patriot, a soldier, a statesman. His legacy of service and sacrifice endures.