Tinubu returns from UK and France visit

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja, Nigeria, from the United Kingdom (UK) and France after a two-week vacation. He arrived at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja, Nigeria on Saturday. To receive him were his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; the […]

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Tinubu flies to France in new Airbus A330 presidential jet

President Tinubu left Abuja for Paris on Monday, using the new Airbus A330, which was the subject of controversy in the last week following its court-ordered seizure and subsequent release caused by a Chinese firm. The aircraft replaces the 19-year-old Boeing B737-700(BBJ) bought under the Presidency of President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to Bayo Onanuga, special […]

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Chiamaka Nnadozie, Nigeria’s Super Falcons goalie, wins best goalkeeper award in France

Goalkeeper of Nigeria’s Super Falcons, Chiamaka Nnadozie, has become the first African and Nigerian player to be crowned the best goalkeeper in the women’s league, French D1 Arkema. The 23-year-old shot-stopper cemented her status as one of the best goalkeepers in the world following her remarkable achievements and heroic penalty-savings for Paris FC this season. […]

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Tinubu returns to Nigeria after a 2-week private visit to France

President Bola Tinubu arrived Abuja, Nigeria, on Tuesday night February 6, after a two-week private visit to Paris, France. The presidential jet landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 9:00 pm. Tinubu was received by top government officials, including his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; Secretary to the Government […]

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France appoints Gabriel Attal as youngest-ever Prime Minister

Emmanuel Marcon, President of France, on Tuesday, named 34-year-old Gabriel Attal, the country’s new Prime Minister. Associated Press (AP) reports that Attal will become the youngest person to occupy France’s second-highest office at 34 years old. He is also France’s first openly gay prime minister. Attal was named Prime Minister, as President Macron seeks a […]

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Nigerian students banned from bringing their families to France

French parliament has passed a law restraining Nigerian students and others from bringing their family members to the country. BBC report stated on Thursday, that the law was backed by both President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance party and Deputy of the French National Assembly, Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally. A previous draft was rejected […]

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Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, Kayode Laro dies

Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, Mr. Kayode Laro has passed away, Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced. Mr Laro died at the age of 63 years. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mrs. Francisca Omayuli, on Saturday, the Ministry said, Laro died last Friday in Paris, France, after a protracted illness. The statement read: […]

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President Tinubu to proceed on first medical trip to France ―SR says

Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, will be attending the Global Financing Pact Summit in Paris, France, next week, according to SaharaReporters. Top sources in the presidency revealed that the president’s visit was also a “strategy” to see his team of medical doctors, revealed the online platform. Reports have shown that Tinubu has been repeatedly treated in […]

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Rabiu Kwankwaso holds meeting with Tinubu in France

Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s President-elect has on Monday, in Paris, capital of France, met with Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, one of his opponents in the February 25, 2023 elections. The former Kano State governor’s wife, Hajia Salamatu and Abdulmimin Jibrin, an NNPP lawmaker-elect, accompanied him to the meeting, Tinubu’s wife, Sen Oluremi Tinubu and Femi Gbajabiamila, outgoing […]

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Two weeks after returning from France, Tinubu jets out of Nigeria again

Two weeks after he returned to the country from a trip to France and London, Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, left Nigeria for Europe again, purportedly on a working visit. This was contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman. The statement read: “Already, meetings with multi-sectoral actors in Europe’s business […]

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Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi return to Nigeria from France

Nigerian president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has arrived Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Monday. His flight touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and was welcomed by a crowd of supporters. Tinubu arrived from France in the company of his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, at the presidential wing of the airport to a rousing […]

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“I’ll pay salary to any man willing to marry me” ―Nigerian lady in France begs (Video)

A Nigerian lady based in France has said that she is in dire need of a life partner (husband) and is ready to pay whoever is willing to be the partner. In a viral video online, the woman seen on her knees saying age is no longer on her side. Also mixed reactions trailed her […]

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Morocco files official complaint to FIFA about World Cup referee after their 2-0 defeat by France

Moroccan Football Association (MFA) has filed an official complaint to FIFA over the performance of referee Cesar Ramos after Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final defeat to France. The Atlas Lions were defeated 2-0 by Didier Deschamps’s side who ended their historic run at the tournament, with Morocco becoming the first-ever African side to reach the final […]

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Bola Tinubu jets out to France

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Lagos state governor and the presidential flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, flew to France. He departed Nigeria shortly after he held a closed-door meeting with the President, Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, in the morning. This was contained in a statement issued by Tinubu’s […]

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After 39 years in coma, former France star footballer Jean-Pierre Adams, dies

Former France international defender, Jean-Pierre Adams has died at the age of 73. Adams spent the last 39 years in a coma following an anaesthesia error at Lyon Hospital as part of a routine knee operation he undertook at the age of 34 on March 17, 1982. He was confirmed to have died on Monday morning at […]

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Ghanaian actress lambastes President Akufo for sleeping at Africa Financing Summit in France (Photos)

Ghanaian actress and media personality, Efia Odo has reacted to a video which showed moment 77-year-old President Akufo-Addo dozed off at the recently concluded Africa Financing Summit in France. In a tweet she shared, Efia described the incident as “embarrassing” as he was sleeping on the job. She wrote in the tweet: “Falling asleep in […]

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Buhari jets out to France on Sunday

In a statement released by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari is billed to depart Nigeria on Sunday to Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend African Finance Summit. Buhari will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Minister […]

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Nigerians protest #EndSARS in Canada, Texas, France, Rome, et al (Photos)

Nigerians residing in Canada, Texas, Rome, France, and et al have also staged #EndSARS protests in their various localities, demanding an end to police brutality as well as a total reform of the police force and bad governance in general in Nigeria. See more photos from their protests below: Photos: Worship Media

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