President Bola Tinubu will today in Abuja receive the King’s Baton Relay, which is part of the official countdown to the 2026 Commonwealth Games holding in Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow. The Commonwealth Games will run from July 23 to August 2, 2026.
 
Events marking the King’s Baton Relay in Nigeria will commence today and end tomorrow in Abuja.
 
The Director of Press, National Sports Commission (NSC), Dr Kehinde Ajayi, said in a statement, yesterday, that President Tinubu will be formally presented with the Commonwealth Sport King’s Baton, as a delegation representing the Buckingham Palace arrives in the country.
 
The King’s Baton Relay is a unifying tradition of the Commonwealth Games, symbolising peace, collaboration, and shared values among nations.
 
This year, the Commonwealth Sport movement is partnering with the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) and Nigeria’s National Sports Commission (NSC) to champion a critical cause through the “Commonwealth Clean Oceans Plastics Campaign.”

This initiative, according to Dr Ajayi, brings together athletes, young people, and communities across the Commonwealth to address the global crisis of plastic pollution.
 
The campaign’s goal is to prevent one million pieces of plastic from entering Commonwealth waters.  Through sport and social action, it aims to ignite lasting behavioral change, inspire innovation in waste solutions, and raise awareness about ocean conservation.