Tag: Foreign trip

Tinubu postpones trips to G-20, AU Summits

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Tinubu postpones trip

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola, as he awaited further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State. In a statement issued by his Chief spokesman,  Bayo Onanuga said the President’s decision to delay the trips was in response to the request by the governor of Kwara State, who pleaded for more security men to go after bandits that invaded CAC church in Eruku in Ekiti  local government area,…

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Tinubu to depart Abuja today for S’Africa, Angola

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Tinubu to depart

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today, Wednesday for a two-nation visit to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, to participate in the 20th G20 Leaders’ Summit and the 7th African Union–European Union Summit, the Presidency has said. According to a statement issued yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, “President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for a two-nation visit to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola. “President Tinubu’s first stop is Johannesburg, where he will attend the 20th summit of…

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Tinubu departs Abuja today to attend Energy Summit in Tanzania

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Tinubu departs

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today, Sunday, for Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, to participate in the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit on January 27-28, 2025.  According to a statement issued by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Summit, hosted by the government of Tanzania, in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the World Bank, aims to advance ‘Mission 300’, an initiative to provide electricity access to 300 million people in Africa by 2030. In Dar-es-Salaam, African leaders, private sector leaders, development partners, and…

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Tinubu heading for Germany, 48 hrs after S/Arabia, Guinea Bissau trips

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu willtoday leave Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G-20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on November 20, 2023, hosted by German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz. According to the Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement released yesterday, Tinubu would be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar; Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Wale Edun; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite; and the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, The statement added that during the conference, the…

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