{"id":24823,"date":"2025-04-21T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=24823"},"modified":"2025-04-21T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T10:03:59","slug":"breaking-tinubu-to-return-to-nigeria-today-after-three-weeks-trip-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=24823","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Tinubu to Return to Nigeria Today, After Three Weeks Trip to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Muhammad Muntazar <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to return to Nigeria today following his visits to France and London.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, confirmed this in a post on his X account on Monday.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said, \u201cPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu will return home today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Tinubu had left for Paris, France, on April 2 for what was described as \u201ca short working visit.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Onanuga had earlier stated that during his trip, the President would evaluate his administration\u2019s midterm performance and assess key milestones.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe will also use the retreat to review the progress of ongoing reforms and engage in strategic planning ahead of his administration\u2019s second anniversary.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis period of reflection will inform plans to deepen ongoing reforms and accelerate national development priorities in the coming year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also mentioned that while abroad, President Tinubu would \u201cremain fully engaged with his team and continue to oversee governance activities,\u201d assuring that he \u201cwill return to Nigeria in about a fortnight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, after facing criticism from opposition leaders when the President spent two weeks outside the country amid rising security concerns, the Presidency clarified on April 17 that he remained fully involved in governing Nigeria despite being in Europe.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Onanuga stated, \u201cHis absence remains temporary and in line with the communicated timeframe of approximately two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHis return to Abuja and the resumption of duties at Aso Villa will follow the conclusion of the Easter holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Presidency also acknowledged public concerns, adding that \u201cthe President\u2019s commitment to his duties remains unwavering, and his administration continues to function effectively under his leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Muhammad Muntazar President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to return to Nigeria today following his visits to France and London. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, confirmed this in a post on his X account on Monday. He said, \u201cPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu will return home today.\u201d President Tinubu had left for Paris, France, on April 2 for what was described as \u201ca short working visit.\u201d Onanuga had earlier stated that during his trip, the President would evaluate his administration\u2019s midterm performance and assess key milestones. \u201cHe will also use the retreat to review the progress of ongoing reforms and engage in strategic planning ahead of his administration\u2019s second anniversary. \u201cThis period of reflection will inform plans to deepen ongoing reforms and accelerate national development priorities in the coming year.\u201d He also mentioned that while abroad, President Tinubu would \u201cremain fully engaged with his team and continue to oversee governance activities,\u201d assuring that he \u201cwill return to Nigeria in about a fortnight.\u201d However, after facing criticism from opposition leaders when the President spent two weeks outside the country amid rising security concerns, the Presidency clarified on April 17 that he remained fully involved in governing Nigeria despite being in Europe. Onanuga stated, \u201cHis absence remains temporary and in line with the communicated timeframe of approximately two weeks. \u201cHis return to Abuja and the resumption of duties at Aso Villa will follow the conclusion of the Easter holiday.\u201d The Presidency also acknowledged public concerns, adding that \u201cthe President\u2019s commitment to his duties remains unwavering, and his administration continues to function effectively under his leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24825,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24823\/revisions\/24825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}