Prince Harry and Meghan visit children at the Lights Academy in Abuja, Nigeria.

Prince Harry and Meghan visit children at the Lights Academy in Abuja, Nigeria. Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, made a grand entrance into Nigeria on Friday, greeted by jubilant dancing. Their mission: to advocate for mental health support for young people impacted by conflicts and to promote the Invictus Games, an initiative spearheaded by Prince Harry to aid the recovery of wounded and ill service members and veterans. Their inaugural visit to Nigeria, at the invitation of the country's military, commenced with a visit to the Lightway Academy, a school supported by their Archewell foundation. The academy focuses on training young girls affected by conflicts in Nigeria. Subsequently, the couple engaged with military officers and wounded soldiers and their families, extending support to bolster the soldiers' morale, particularly those engaged in combating Islamic extremists in the northeast region. Prince Harry, a former Apache helicopter copilot gunner who served in Afghanistan, initiated the Invictus Games in 2014. The event provides wounded veterans and service members with opportunities to compete in sports events akin to the Paralympics. Nigeria participated in the previous edition of the games. At the Lightway Academy, where they inaugurated a mental health summit organized by local non-profit GEANCO in collaboration with their foundation, Prince Harry and Meghan were greeted with enthusiastic performances by students. They interacted with the children, discussing mental health and sharing anecdotes about their own children, Archie and Lilibet. Prince Harry urged the students to break the stigma surrounding mental health, while Meghan commended her husband's candor and encouraged the children to embrace their life experiences without shame. Their visit was met with excitement by the students, with one expressing admiration for Meghan's beauty and Harry's supportiveness. Subsequently, the royal couple visited Nigeria's Defense Headquarters, where they met with servicemen and their spouses before holding a private meeting with Nigeria's chief of defense staff, Gen. Christopher Musa. During their stay, Prince Harry and Meghan participated in basketball and volleyball matches in Abuja and Lagos, with Meghan co-hosting an event on women in leadership alongside Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization. Meghan's visit generated buzz in Nigeria, where her life and connection to the British royal family are closely followed. Meghan has previously shared that she discovered through a genealogy test that she has Nigerian heritage, adding to the anticipation surrounding her visit.