Nigeria, June 4 -- President Bola Tinubu has conferred Nigeria's third highest national honour, Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), on American Bill Gates.

Mr Tinubu conferred the honour on the billionaire philanthropist on Tuesday in Lagos.

Mr Gates, through his Gates Foundation, has spent millions of dollars in Nigeria, majorly in the areas of health and agriculture.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Gates recently pledged that the majority of the $200 billion his foundation will disburse over the next two decades will be allocated to improving health and development in Africa.

He said this on Monday at the Nelson Mandela Hall of the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

"I recently made a commitment t...