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“Tinubu approved joint US–Nigeria airstrikes” – Tuggar

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…As Trump vows more bombing …Mixed reactions trail first attacks Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed yesterday that the strikes – carried out on Christmas Day in parts of northern Nigeria – were jointly planned and executed with Nigerian approval and intelligence support.  The Minister stressed that the operation was neither religiously motivated nor unilateral. He said, “President Tinubu gave clear approval on the condition that it must be stated clearly that this is a joint operation and that it is not targeting any religion”, adding that Nigeria provided…

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“Nigeria’s sovereignty is our paramount,  primary national interest” – Tuggar@IBAN 2025 AGM

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Tuggar@IBAN 2025 AGM

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Maitama Tuggar, has stressed the significance of Nigeria’s information sovereignty as paramount as it represents digital-age equivalent of territorial integrity and the ability of the country to tell its own stories. The Minister, in his goodwill message during the Independent Broadcasting Association of Nigeria (IBAN) 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference, with the theme: ‘Broadcasting for Information Sovereignty, National Cohesion and Digital Security’, which was held in Abuja, maintained information sovereignty will counter the corrosive effects of foreign-sponsored disinformation and cultural homogenization. Represented by…

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Despite ECOWAS exit, Nigeria invites Burkina Faso, Niger to summit

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Nigeria has extended invitations to Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali to attend the 2025 West Africa Economic Summit, despite their recent withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has announced. At a press briefing in Abuja yesterday, Tuggar stressed that the decision of these countries to leave ECOWAS does not diminish their role as key partners in the region’s economic development. He explained that invitations were personally delivered by special envoys sent under the directive of the Nigerian President.…

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FG debunks alleged plot to destabilise Niger Republic

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The Federal Government has refuted the allegations that it had planned to destabilise the junta-led government of Niger Republic. There have been tensions in the relations of the two neighbouring counties stemming from the military coup in Niger in 2023, which also severed ties with the regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),. Recall that Nigerias President, Bola Tinubu, serving as ECOWAS chair, with some other presidents of West African countries had initially considered a regional military intervention to restore ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.  The Nigerien authorities alleged…

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Foreign ministrys Perm. Sec. accused of sexually harassing married subordinate

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…Minister officially writes HoS, demands probe ?Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ibrahim Adamu Lamuwa, has been enmeshed in a sex scandal, following complaint against him by one of his female surbodinates in the ministry, who accused Lamuwa of sexually harassing her serially. The employee, a married woman, Mrs. Simisola Fajemirokun Ajayi, disclosed the excesses of the Permanent Secretary in a petition to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, through her lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), urging the Minister to investigate the Permanent Secretary. She…

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Tuggar to represent Tinubu in US-Africa Business Summit

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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, will represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas, the Presidency has said. The spokesperson to the Vice-President, Kashim Shettima Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement yesterday, said the Vice President who was originally scheduled to represent the President was unable to make the trip following a technical fault with his aircraft, forcing him to make a detour on the advice of the Presidential Air Fleet. The Vice-President will carry on with other national duties. The high-profile summit,…

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Coups in W/Africa may engulf Africa if allowed to fester’ Tuggar

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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has expressed fear over the increasing coups in West Africa, saying it could snowball into engulfing the entire African continent. This was contained in an issued statement sent by the Special Assistant, Media and Communications Strategy to the minister, Al-?asim Abdul?adir, yesterday in Abuja. According to the statement, Tuggar expressed his concern at the 10th Annual High-level Seminar on the Promotion of Peace and Security in Africa in Algeria. He warned against describing the unconstitutional change in government in West Africa as solely…

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Surge of military coups in West Africa worries Nigeria – Foreign Minister

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The Nigerian government has said that the surge of military coups in the West African is fast becoming a threat to the democratic culture in the region. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Mediation and Security Council, Yusuf Tuggar, stated this while delivering his opening remarks at the 51st Ordinary Session of Mediation and Security Council. The Security Council is an organ of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Citing the recently foiled coup attempts in Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau, the envoy charged members of…

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Nigerias ambassador to Germany blames negative media for fuelling insecurity

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Nigerias ambassador to Germany Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has said that negative media reports are to be blamed for rising insecurity in the West African country. Tuggar made the claim in an interview with Germanys Deutsche Welle (DW) where he spoke on the state of Nigeria and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Over 300 school children have been abducted in Nigeria between February and May 2021, mostly in the northeast region due to activities of Boko Haram, bandits and other insurgency groups. Although the Nigerian government claimed that it is…

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