Tag: Summit

Tinubu jets out to Europe ahead of Abu Dhabi Summit

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Tinubu jets out

President Bola Tinubu has departed Lagos for Europe to continue his end-of-year break, ahead of an official engagement in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, (UAE). The development was confirmed yesterday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who said President Tinubu left Lagos on December 28 and would proceed from Europe to Abu Dhabi in early January. According to Onanuga, the President has been invited by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, to participate in the 2026 edition of Abu Dhabi…

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Gov. Uba Sani showcases Kaduna’s transformation at 2025 Asia Pacific Cities Dubai Summit

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Gov. Uba Sani showcases

Governor Uba Sani, of Kaduna State, who represented Nigeria at the 2025 Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors’ Forum held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, showcased Kaduna’s transformation story to a global audience comprising over 150 mayors, governors, and 300 city leaders from Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and Africa. The Summit, themed: “Collaborate. Inspire. Transform”, provided a platform for global city leaders to exchange ideas and strategies aimed at driving sustainable, inclusive, and innovation-led urban growth. In his presentation, titled: “Building Partnerships for Shared Prosperity”, Governor Sani highlighted Kaduna State’s…

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Economic Summit: Tinubu unveils ₦200bn lifeline for MSMEs, manufacturers

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Tinubu unveils

…Promises expanded access to credit, jobs, social protection for vulnerable citizens President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disclosed why his administration established the ₦200 billion Intervention Fund to support micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and manufacturers, saying it became necessary to assist them in boosting competitiveness and addressing structural challenges. President Tinubu who stated this in Abuja yesterday, when he officially declared open the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit (NES), noted that the belief in the nation’s economic experts had been the magic wand behind his administration’s ongoing reforms. Represented at…

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Escalating Insecurity: Senate to hold National Security Summit 

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Senate in session

The 10th Senate has resolved to hold a two-day national security summit to brainstorm a solution to the rising wave of killings and other forms of insecurity in the country. The decision followed a motion sponsored by Jimoh Ibrahim, senator representing Ondo South, at the resumption of plenary yesterday. Recall that while on a working visit to France, bandits in a senseless campaign of violence killed innocent Nigerians in Plateau, Benue and Zamfara States, culminating in calls for President Bola Tinubu to cut short his vacation to return home to…

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Tinubu, in S’Arabia, backs 2-State solution in Gaza; demands end to Israeli aggression

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Tinubu in S'Arabia

President Bola Tinubu has called for an end to Israeli aggression in Gaza. Tinubu, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, warned that empty condemnations are not enough to end the conflict in Palestine, which, he said, has persisted for far too long. The Nigerian leader made this argument at the extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit, convened to address the current situation in the Middle-East. The one-day summit was a follow-up to the Riyadh summit of 2023 and was attended by Heads of State and Government from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, (OIC), and the…

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“Tinubus reforms painful, but necessary to overhaul economy” S’West Security Forum

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S'West Security Forum2

A non-governmental organisation, the South-West Security Think Tank Forum, (SWSTTF), has said the ongoing reforms by President Bola Tinubu, though painful, are necessary for the countrys overall development. This is according to a statement issued by the convener of the Forum, Dayo Olukoju, noting that reforms come with certain downside effects but are needed to place the country back on track. The group referred to countries who had in the past undertaken serious reforms citing the United Kingdom (UK), under former Prime Minister Margret Thatcher and Chinas Deng Xiaoping. Margret…

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