The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has affirmed that the Armed Forces of Nigeria play a pivotal role in maintaining peace, stability, and social cohesion in West Africa. He stated this during a courtesy call by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, to the Ministry of Foreign […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has called for synergy between Nigeria and Qatar to foster gas diplomacy, energy transition from non-renewable energy and highlighted the key benefits of Nigeria-Qatari relations for Africa and global gas sectors. He made the call while delivering a lecture at the Doha Diplomatic Institute on February […]
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Tuggar said that the 4Ds include “Democracy, Development, Demography and Diaspora,” stressing that they provide a new vision for Nigeria in contemporary times. He emphasised that Nigeria depends on this new line of vision to actualise its objectives and benefit from its foreign policy engagements. Minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has called […]
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We’re for a cessation of hostilities and we abhor the disproportionate actions and violence being meted out to the citizens of Gaza,” he said, adding Nigeria was “unequivocal about a two-state solution” and the need for Palestinian statehood The key to this is the US — the US has more leverage than the European […]
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Tuggar shall also use the opportunity to urge the US and the wider international community to give serious consideration to multilateral reforms, particularly that of democratizing the United Nations Security Council. Nigeria’s Minister of foreign affairs Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has received the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken on Tuesday. Tuggar received the […]
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India is one of the top economic partners of Nigeria, with investments estimated at about 27 billion US Dollars and an annual trade turnover estimated at between 13-15 Billion US Dollars. Nigeria and India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the development of new and renewable energy technologies like Solar Energy, Wind Energy, […]
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Charles Darwin, the famous biologist once opined that it is neither the strongest of the species nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change that survives and progresses. To effect change, there has always been one key element that has served as the main ingredient from the […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has said there is a need to democratise the United Nations (UN) Security Council and Nigeria with its population, economic size and strategic role in Africa has earned the right to be part of the UNSC. He made the assertion while speaking on a panel with […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has said Nigeria’s resilient business climate resonates with the agenda of the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum; the 2024 edition is from the 15th to 19th of January with the theme Rebuilding Trust. “The intention of the meeting held annually in Davos, Switzerland, […]
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