Tinubu, Macron in fruitful talks at Else Palace

President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria held a meeting with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on Wednesday at Elysee Palace.

Tinubu, who has hailed his meeting with President Macron, described it as productive.

In a post on his official X handle on Wednesday, Tinubu said the meeting between the two leaders focused on cooperation between Nigeria and France to deepen partnership for mutual prosperity and global stability.

According to Tinubu, “Had a productive lunch with President Emmanuel Macron

@EmmanuelMacron today at the Élysée Palace.

“We reviewed key areas of cooperation between Nigeria and France and agreed to deepen our partnership for mutual prosperity and global stability.”

Tinubu is on a 10-day vacation from September 4, as part of his annual leave for 2025.

In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President would spend his 10-working-day vacation between France and the United Kingdom before returning to Nigeria.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today, September 4, to commence a working vacation in Europe, as part of his 2025 annual leave. The vacation will last 10 working days.

“President Tinubu will spend the period between France and the UK and then return to the country,” the statement said.

This is Tinubu’s second visit to France in six months, since his last trip to European country on a short working visit in April, 2025.

President Bola Tinubu with his French counter part Emmanuel Marcon at a working private lunch at the Elysee Palace, Paris. Wednesday, September 10, 2025

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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