More than 12 Heads of State arrived in Abuja yesterday ahead of today’s centenary celebration, reports News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

The Heads of State include Presidents Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, and Prosper Bazombaza of Burundi.

Others are the President of Mauritania, Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, Ethiopian President, Mr Hailemarian Desalegh, and the European Union President, Mr Jose Manuel Barroso, and President Helen Sirleaf of Liberia.

Meanwhile the Zambian Minister of Defence, Mr Edgar Lungu, will represent the Zambian President, Micheal Saata. Israel was also represented by its Minister of Agriculture Mr Yair Shamir, and Salim Ahmed Salim, the former Secretary General of OAU led the Tanzanian delegation.

The dignitaries were received at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by some members of the Federal Executive Council.