GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday depart for Paris, France, on a two-week working visit. āDuring the visit, the President will appraise his administrationās mid-term performance and assess key milestones,ā Tinubuās Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed in a statement Wednesday. The statement is titled, āPresident Tinubu to…
French leading opposition leader Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to four yearsā 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 āIslamist terrorist actā, 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 āprivate visitā. 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 Franceās 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 Republicās Military Leaderās 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 Franceās government has collapsed in a no-confidence vote since 1962. Barnieās 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 āTestimony (Taste the Money)ā in honour of President Bola Tinubu. The dinner, hosted at the Palais de l’ĆlysĆ©e during Tinubuās three-day state visit to France to foster closer diplomatic and economic relations between the two nations. In…