Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visit Nigeria
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Friday where they visited a school to open an event on mental health for students there.
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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Nigeria on Friday as part of his promotion of the Invictus Games, the sporting event he founded for wounded military veterans.(AP)
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The couple, in the West African nation for the first time on the invitation of its military, visited the Lightway Academy college which receives support from their Archewell foundation to educate and train young girls affected by conflicts in Nigeria.(AFP)
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Harry and Meghan will meet with wounded soldiers and their families, showing support to boost the morale of troops, including those fighting a 14-year war against Islamic extremists in Nigeria's northeast, as stated by Nigerian officials.(AFP)
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“This engagement with Invictus is giving us the opportunity for the recovery of our soldiers,” Abidemi Marquis, the director of sports at Nigeria's Defence Headquarters, told reporters on Thursday. (REUTERS)
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