President Bola Tinubu has traveled to London during the weekend from France, the Presidency revealed in a press statement. According to the state house press release by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, he disclosed that Mr Tinubu is fully engaged in governing Nigeria even though he’s currently in Europe….
The Presidency on Sunday dismissed speculation that President Bola Tinubu left the shores of the country to see doctors in France, insisting that it was a working visit. The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, made the clarification when he was featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Bwala…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday depart for Paris, France, on a two-week working visit. “During the visit, the President will appraise his administration’s mid-term performance and assess key milestones,” Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed in a statement Wednesday. The statement is titled, ‘President Tinubu to…
French leading opposition leader Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and banned from holding any public office after she was convicted of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on Monday, putting her 2027 presidential bid in jeopardy. The judgment bars her from running for public office for five years, jeopardising…
A man who went on a stabbing rampage in France, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, was on a terrorism watchlist and subject to deportation orders, according to authorities. The knife-wielding suspect, later identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Paris, France, on a “private visit”. A statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said Tinubu will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron during his trip. Onanuga said the president would subsequently leave Paris for…
A video showing Nigerian and French troops offloading supplies in a coordinated manner has gone viral on social media. The video comes amid mounting controversies around France’s intent in Nigeria. Earlier in a statement on Thursday, Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, dismissed claims that Nigeria has ceded parts of the country to…
Niger Republic’s Military Leader’s Allegations Against Nigeria Are Baseless – FG The Federal Government of Nigeria strongly rejects allegations made in a viral video by the military leader of Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, claiming non-existent collusion between Nigeria and France to destabilize his country. These claims exist solely in the realm of imagination, as…
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has been ousted after the parliament voted in support of a motion of no confidence. The members of parliament voted in support of the motion against Barnier by 331 votes. The move marks the first time France’s government has collapsed in a no-confidence vote since 1962. Barnie’s leadership was called…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday, 2nd of December upon completion of his state visit. Our correspondent gathered that Mr President will then travel to South Africa to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. This was disclosed by Bayo Onanuga, the…