Dalai Lama Begins Nigeria Visit
November 26th 2008
He flew to
"He's just here from today to Friday. He's delivering the keynote address at the Anyiam-Osigwe lecture on Thursday. That's the main reason for his coming," said Charles Anyiam-Osigwe, a member of the foundation's board.
"It's a completely private visit to the foundation, primarily to discuss religion."
The foundation is keen to insist on the private nature of the visit as
The foundation put in a request several years ago to have the Nobel peace laureate address one of its annual lectures, the Dalai Lama's representative in Africa Sonam Tenzing told AFP.
According to the organisers of the visit, the Dalai Lama will address journalists and then religious leaders on Friday morning before leaving.
Past guest speakers at the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe foundation annual lecture have included Shimon Peres, the president of
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