Tag: FRANCE

Chad cuts military ties with France

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Chad France

Chad has cut military ties with its former colonial master, France.  The announcement was made in a statement on Thursday, hours after Jean-Noel Barrot, French foreign minister, met Chad’s President Mahamat Deby.  The move leaves the Sahel, a region once brimming with French troops, devoid of one. According to the Chadian foreign minister, Abderaman, it was time for his country to “assert its full sovereignty”. The statement said Chad intends to reshape its alliances in line with national priorities, but noted that the move would not undermine historical ties with…

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French band performs P-Square’s song for Tinubu, wife at Paris State Dinner

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French band performs P Square’s song

A French band brought a touch of Nigerian culture to a State dinner in Paris, France, on Thursday, when they delivered a lively rendition of P-Square’s hit song: “Taste The Money (Testimony)” in honour of President Bola Tinubu and his wife, Oluremi. The dinner, hosted at the Palais de l’Élysée by French President Emmanuel Macron, was part of Tinubu’s three-day State visit to France, which aimed to enhance diplomatic and economic relations between the two nations. In a viral video capturing the highlight of the evening, the band thrilled the…

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Paris: Tinubu urges more investments in food security, solid minerals, energy, education

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Paris Tinubu urges

President Bola Tinubu yesterday affirmed Nigeria’s strong commitment to enhancing cooperation in key sectors such as food security, energy, solid minerals, education, and defense during a high-profile meeting with President Emmanuel Macron, at the prestigious Palais des L’Élysée. At a joint press conference, President Tinubu highlighted the vast, yet largely untapped potential within Nigeria’s agricultural sector and beckoned international investors to capitalise on the nation’s welcoming investment climate. He emphasised Nigeria’s flourishing financial sector as a facilitator for foreign investment, particularly from French enterprises, as part of the drive to…

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Chinese firm releases seized presidential jet for Tinubu’s France trip

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Asiwaju presidential jet

Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. has released one of the three Nigerian Airbus A330 aircraft that were detained in France following a court order from a Paris judicial court. Recall that the firm had seized a Dassault Falcon 7X, a Boeing 737-7N6/BBJ, and an Airbus A330-243 belonging to the Nigerian federal government, which were stationed at Paris-Le Bourget and Basel-Mulhouse airports. In a statement issued yestetday, the company announced that it had released one of the seized jets as a “goodwill gesture” ahead of President Bola Ahmed…

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Tinubu heads to France, after attending 78th UNGA in US

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has made an unexpected stop-over in Paris, France, following his attendance at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States. It was gathered that the impromptu visit to Paris was originally separate from President Tinubu’s pre-departure itinerary for the UNGA session. However, credible sources familiar with his schedule have indicated that he travelled from New York to Paris for undisclosed reasons. As of the time of this report, the Nigerian Presidency had yet to provide official information regarding the purpose…

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“Alake, Edun left out subsidy removal from my inauguration speech, but I announced it” – President Tinubu

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Three weeks after his inauguration, President Bola Tinubu on yesterday in far-away France disclosed that those who wrote his inaugural address on May 29 did not include petrol subsidy removal. Tinubu said the duo of Dele Alake and Wale Edun left out the vexed issue of subsidy from the speech handed over to him for delivery on the occasion. He made the disclosure while meeting with Nigerians residing in France on the sidelines of the two-day financing climate pact summit which ended in Paris yesterday. Tinubu said when he got…

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‘Nigeria ready for business’ – Tinubu woos Afreximbank, Investors in Paris

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President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is ready for business, urging foreign investors to take advantage of the opportunities and ongoing reforms in the country. The President told investors yesterday in Paris, France, that ongoing reforms including the removal of fuel subsidy and unification of exchange rate, will be sustained for a more competitive economy that attracts Foreign Direct Investment, (FDI). “We are ready for business, prepared to welcome investments,’’ he said, while receiving President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim), Prof. Benedict Oramah; and…

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Tinubu off to France to attend global summit

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President Bola Tinubu will travel abroad for the first time as president on Thursday to attend the Paris Summary for the New Global Financial Pact with his international counterparts. The Palais Brongniart will host the summit called by French President Emmanuel Macron. According to a statement issued yesterday by the President’s Special Adviser for Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, Dele Alake, the President is expected to visit Paris to “participate, review, and sign a New Global Financial Pact, which places vulnerable countries on the priority list for support and investment,…

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Nigeria’s economy looking good – President Buhari tells French business community

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…Says he built infrastructure, uplifted citizens’ living standards…Says Nigeria is on right path to achieving multi-sectoral progress President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Nigeria is on the right path to achieving multi-sectoral progress, saying he has revitalised Nigeria’s economy, built massive infrastructure, uplifted the living standards of Nigerians. The President gave the assurance yesterday in Paris, France, during the Nigeria International Partnership Forum, (NIPF), a high-level event on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum. The one-day event was organised to bring together the Nigerian and French governments and private…

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President Buhari arrives Paris, France for Peace Forum

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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday arrived in Paris, the French capital, for a one-day official visit as a guest of President Emmanuel Macron, at the Palais de l’Élysée. According to an issued statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari will afterwards attend the three-day Paris Peace Forum (PPF), which holds between November 11 and 13. The President is expected to meet with his French counterpart during the official visit today, Wednesday, to discuss issues of mutual interest for both countries, particularly on strengthening economic ties,…

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