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…
President Bola Tinubu and French President Emmanuel Macron signed two agreements on Thursday in Paris, France, that will ensure a partnership on the development of critical infrastructure and the long-term sustenance of agriculture and food security. Earlier, President Tinubu and President Macron witnessed the signing of the agreement by the United Bank for Africa (UBA)…
A French band delighted attendees at a state dinner in Paris on Thursday by performing P-Square’s hit song “Testimony (Taste the Money)” in honour of President Bola Tinubu. The dinner, hosted at the Palais de l’Élysée during Tinubu’s three-day state visit to France to foster closer diplomatic and economic relations between the two nations. In…
President Bola Tinubu and his host, President Emmanuel Macron of France, took to X to exchange pleasantries in Pidgin, the street language popular among millions of Nigerians. The Nigerian leader is currently in France on an official visit. Mr Macron was the first to post his pleasantry on X. He welcomed his guest and…
President Bola Tinubu has inspected the Republican Guards of Honour in France following his three-day State Visit to the country at invitation of the French President Emmanuel Macron. Tinubu alongside his wife, First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu was earlier reported to have arrived in France yesterday, Wednesday, November 27 on a state visit at the invitation…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu alongside First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, will on Wednesday, November 27 depart Abuja on a state visit to France in honour of an invitation from French President, Emmanuel Macron. The visit which will last three days aims to strengthen political, economic, and cultural ties between Nigeria and France, with an emphasis on…
A 27-year-old Nigerian man, identified only as Popori, has been arrested in Grenoble, France, for allegedly stabbing a fellow citizen, Monday, to death. It was gathered that the incident occurred on the evening of Friday, November 22, when a fight broke out between two men during an altercation in a grocery store in Grenoble, Isère,…