{"id":185121,"date":"2025-11-03T11:33:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/presidency-clarifies-tinubus-white-house-visit"},"modified":"2025-11-03T12:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:30:44","slug":"presidency-clarifies-tinubus-white-house-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/presidency-clarifies-tinubus-white-house-visit","title":{"rendered":"Presidency Clarifies Tinubu&#8217;s White House Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Presidency has dismissed reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu will visit the White House on Tuesday to meet with United States Vice President J.D. Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Temitope Ajayi, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a post on X on Monday described the report as false and misleading.<\/p>\n<p>The clarification comes after President Donald Trump threatened possible military action against Nigeria if nothing is done quickly about an alleged persecution and killing of Christians in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also had recently designated Nigeria as a country of particular concern.<\/p>\n<p>The US President cited what he described as ongoing violence against Christians and failure of the government to protect religious minorities.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Nigerian government strongly denied persecution of any religious groups in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to a report about Tinubu\u2019s impending visit to to the White House, Presidency described the publication as fuelling unnecessary speculation and uninformed commentary about the President\u2019s diplomatic schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Ajayi clarified that if President Tinubu were to visit the White House, such a meeting would be with the U.S. President, not the Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cThere is a Sahara Reporters story that President Tinubu is going to the US on Tuesday to see US Vice President J.D Vance. That story is not true. I can see that the fake news by Sahara has become the basis for some uninformed commentaries since yesterday. If President Tinubu is going to the White House, he won\u2019t be going to see a Vice President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Presidency has dismissed reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu will visit the White House on Tuesday to meet with United States Vice President J.D. Vance. Temitope Ajayi, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a post on X on Monday described the report as false and misleading. 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