Clear indications have shown that President Bola Tinubu may have shifted his travel to to Japan and Brazil on a two time trip to Friday from Thursday.

On Wednesday, the presidency had, in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, stated that the President will depart Abuja on Thursday, August 14.

However, it was gathered that President Tinubu was busy on Thursday with official matters and even received the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Presidential Villa.

While no official statement has been released yet regarding the development, sources in the presidency confirmed that Tinubu was busy throughout the day with official engagements and may have decided to begin the two-nation trip on Friday.

In the initial statement, the presidency had stated that the President would stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, before proceeding to Japan where he would attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in the City of Yokohama from August 20 to 22.