Tinubu with Macron in private working lunch meeting in Paris
President Tinubu meets President Macron at the Élysée Palace, Paris, on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. Photo: State House
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, held a private working lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris, as his 10-day working leave entered its fifth day.
With release by the State House, photos showed both leaders in a warm handshake before proceeding into the palace.
President Tinubu is currently on the second tranche of his annual leave, which he is spending between France and the United Kingdom.
This, Wednesday’s, meeting marks his seventh visit to Paris since assuming office in May 2023, and his first since attending the BRICS summit in Brazil and the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan earlier this year.
For the first nine months of 2025, the President has embarked on 15 international trips across 11 countries. These include summits, bilateral meetings, state visits, presidential inaugurations, and official leaves.
January 6 saw Tinubu kicked off his diplomatic itinerary with a visit to Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7.
United Arab Emirates was attended in Abu Dhabi Sustainability Summit from January 12 to 16, where he held side meetings with Gulf investors and officials on trade and energy cooperation.
On January 27-28, he visited Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to participate in the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit.
By February, Tinubu travelled to France before attending the 37th African Union Summit in Ethiopia, where he joined other African leaders in discussions on regional security, climate adaptation, and continental trade integration under the AfCFTA.
Within April 2-21, Tinubu went on a two-week working visit that included France and the United Kingdom.
Pope Leo XIV historic inauguration was attended in Vatican City, Rome, in mid-May, by President Tinubu.
June 28 to July 4, witnessed Tinubu undertook a landmark state visit to Saint Lucia, where he addressed CARICOM leaders in Castries.
Then he proceeded from Saint Lucia to Brazil, arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the 17th BRICS Summit (July 4–7).
He visited Japan in the same month to attend the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, where he pitched Nigeria’s investment readiness to Japanese multinationals and met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on maritime security and digital infrastructure.
But before reaching Japan, Tinubu and his entourage stopped over in Dubai, UAE, on August 15 and arrived in Yokohama early in the morning on August 18.
It was his second visit to the Gulf state within the year.
His third visit to Paris this year and second to London took place in September, as he embarked on a working vacation to the United Kingdom and France.
