President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, for winning the Best African Music Performance award at the 67th annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Tinubu commended the singer for her artistry, which had brought pride to Nigeria on the global stage for the second time, Mr Bayo…
President Bola Tinubu has urged regional leaders and international partners to demonstrate greater commitment to address security, social and economic challenges bedevilling the Lake Chad Basin. He said this at the inauguration of the 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum, on Monday in Maiduguri. Represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, the president stressed the need for…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Monday, January 6, for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7. Mahama, who served as the 12th president of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was reelected in December 2024. He will succeed President Nana…
President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to the government and people of the United States of America over the death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100. “President Carter, the 39th President of the United States, was a beacon of service to humanity, demonstrating to leaders worldwide the profound impact of…
President Bola Tinubu has urged West African leaders to draw inspiration from Ghana’s recent peaceful elections as a model of democratic maturity and commitment to national unity. The President said this during the opening of the 66th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS on Sunday in Abuja. He lauded President Nana Akufo-Addo and the people of Ghana…
President Bola Tinubu said the interest and welfare of the citizens of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger remained priority for leaders of ECOWAS. The President said this on Wednesday while receiving Mr Frank–Walter Steinmeier, the President of Germany, in a State Visit on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said that wisdom and diplomacy…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated President-elect John Dramani Mahama on his victory in the Saturday general election in Ghana, following his opponent’s concession speech. In a telephone call to Mahama, Tinubu hoped that his ascension to power for the second time would further bring stability to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu…
President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. The BNC, scheduled for Dec. 3, will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on Dec. 2, at the South African Parliament Building in Cape Town. Tinubu…
President Bola Tinubu, accompanied by Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, First Lady, arrived in Paris on Wednesday evening for a three-day State Visit to fortify Nigeria-France relations. Touching down at Orly Airport around 5.10 p.m., Tinubu was welcomed with full military honours by the French Republican Guard, marking a ceremonial start to his visit, Mr Bayo Onanuga,…
President Bola Tinubu has urged heads of navies and coastguards in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) to foster international cooperation on maritime security towards sustainable development in Africa. Tinubu made the call on Wednesday, at the opening of the 8th edition Symposium of Heads of Navies and Coastguards in the GoG, on maritime environment in…
