President Bola Tinubu returned to Nigeria on Friday night after a week-long trip to New York, where he addressed the United Nations General Assembly and met with world leaders and members of the Nigerian diaspora.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Tinubu’s whereabouts were unknown for several days after he left New York on September 22, but unconfirmed reports had it that he flew to Paris.
His spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, had been silent on the president’s location.
While in New York, Tinubu met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, where he noted that African nations would start to take appropriate actions against actors that illicitly siphon and smuggle out the continent’s vast mineral resources. He also rang the bell at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System at the world’s financial capital.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar; Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, as well as the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, were among those who accompanied him to the US.
He is expected to address the nation on Independence Day on 1st October.
