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From Fẹ̀mi Akọ̀mọ̀làfẹ̀’s substack.
It is clear that Femi is not cool, calm and collected in this writing about Nigeria. But there may be more to the story that we do not necessarily know about. In common parlance, we call President Tinubu .. Agent Tinubu.
[The ugliest picture of the Year – Nigeria’s president romancing Macron who is actively setting fire to West Africa.]
[Inept might be the most charitable thing we can say about the man in charge of Nigeria’s foreign ministry.]
Excerpts:
“Those who suggest Nigeria does not have a foreign policy or those who agitate for a shift away from an Afro-centric foreign policy are wrong; either they are ill-informed or deliberately disingenuous.” – https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/765647-foreign-policy-and-the-path-to-peace-in-a-dangerous-neighbourhood-by-yusuf-tuggar.html
We must ask what they serve officials in Abuja that made them so pompous that they can’t explain things to those who pay their salaries without insulting them!
I’m sorry, Mr. Minister, but I am neither ill-informed nor disingenuous – whatever you meant by your nebulous choice of word.
As an avid connoisseur of global and geopolitical news and information, I can say that Nigeria’s foreign policy is currently non-existent because of its low visibility. In your care, the country lacks the visibility that should be commensurate with its size and position in the continent.
Watching Nigeria, under President Tinubu, make so many foreign policy missteps, especially in the West African subregion, leads to no conclusion except that you are either incompetent or you are out of your depth.
That might explain why you chose to insult rather than explain. Since that is the domain of psychology, let’s leave it to the experts and move on.
You accused some of wanting or urging Nigeria to abandon its African-centric foreign policy.
Ha!
You provided us with neither the methodology nor the premises from which you authoritatively declared your result.
Whatever.
Your declaration is at variance with what I gather in my interactions with ordinary Nigerians and Africans. Most Nigerians recognize that their country is capable and uniquely equipped to lead the continent in the battle to reclaim African Civilizational space from the emerging neoliberal world order.
Many Africans believe that only Nigeria can lead the battle for African Redemption.
President Tinubu’s actions, taken under your advice, are destroying African solidarity and undermining the country’s standing in Africa.
Examples?
Let’s begin with the disaster your misguided actions wrought in ECOWAS.
The Yoruba people have this proverb: Ọba to jẹ ti ilu toro, orukọ e ko ni parẹ, eyi to dẹ je ti ilu fonka, orukọ ẹ na ko ni parẹ / The king under whose rule the state was peaceful will never be forgotten, the one under whose rule the state was dismembered will also never be forgotten.
History will be very harsh on you and President Tinubu for losing three of the organization’s members under Nigeria’s chairmanship.
Regardless of the constitutional spin you tried to put on it, ECOWAS lost three members under your watch.
Maybe you should clap for yourself for your singular achievement on behalf of your curators in Western capitals.
By making the president travel to France and engage with Macron in such fawning bromance, you and your team made the president and the country look terrible by making him appear to have chosen France over fellow Africans.
Unlike you, who is happy to play the faithful vassal of Western imperialism, I meet, interact, and discuss with ordinary Africans every day; what I can tell you is that there is no time in history when our fellow Africans think so lowly of Nigeria. We can’t repeat the contemptuous diatribe that drips from some of our fellow West Africans in these pages.
Our stock in Africa has crashed.
You don’t need to take my word for it. You need only to pry yourself away from suckling to your overlords in Whitehall and Paris and commission a survey to determine what fellow Africans think of your irrational, illogical, abject groveling to second-rate powers like France and the UK.
Mr. Minister, in politics, as in geopolitics, optics is everything. The sight of Nigeria’s President Tinubu embracing Macron in Paris when three West African nations ( Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso) are engaged in existential threat with that accursed parasitic nation of racist leeches is not something that portrays the country in a positive light.
Those who taught us in PolSci that a country’s foreign policy reflects its domestic policy were wrong, dead wrong.
I have written six articles to criticize President Tinubu’s foreign policy missteps.
Here are the four major ones to be found on my Substack.
I have also written two articles on my Substack platform to support the President’s audacious domestic policies.
While the president’s domestic policy aides are helping the president crank up his domestic agendas and are firing on all cylinders, the only charitable thing we can say is that his foreign policy team under your leadership is either comatose or asleep.
Those old enough to remember when Nigeria had a solid, energetic, and very visible International profile can only watch in dismay as South Africa, Egypt, and Ethiopia enjoy more international visibility than their country. They can only shake their heads in disappointment as they read your article, which sought to hide behind the Constitution to hide shoddy underperformance.
Rather than engage in sloppy sophistry, you should explain to idiots like me why our country is missing from BRICS while it continues to engage with that anachronistic colonial relic, fancifully called the Commonwealth.
Tell me, Mr. Minister, what benefits me is an organization that was set up to not only remind me of my oppression but also to continue to promote the interests of those who oppressed me. Or would you claim to be ignorant of history or the current UK’s discriminatory visa policy?
Or do you agree with boorish Boris Johnson that we are still “Flag-waving piccaninnies?”
Here is what I wrote about BRICS a few weeks ago: “We don’t kid you when we say that BRICS is the most significant geopolitical event of this year – no, scrap that – this century.
From its humble beginnings, BRICS has grown to become the most critical geopolitical organization in the world. By the populations of member states, sizes of economies, military might, resources, and other yardsticks, BRICS has eclipsed the Western-led G7.
Just take a look at these figures:
Country Population Size of Economy
In January 2025, Southeast Asia’s economic and political juggernaut, Indonesia, became a full member of BRICS. Here is what the foreign ministry of a country that knows where its interests lie told the world: Indonesia intends to actively participate in BRICS activities as a full member of the community. “As a country with an ever-growing and diverse economy, Indonesia is committed to actively contributing to the BRICS agenda on economic resilience, technology cooperation, and sustainable development. The ministry noted that Jakarta remains committed to close cooperation with all BRICS member states and other countries to build a just and prosperous world.”
I don’t know which memo you missed, Mr. Minister. However, you need to explain why our country was overlooked by the most significant geopolitical organization in the world. I am aware of Nigeria’s partnership application, but why do you rate membership of the Commonwealth above BRICS?
Why is Nigeria not demanding accelerated membership?
Mr. Minister, did you never hear Lord Palmerston’s admonition that Nations do not have friends or enemies and that only national interests are eternal?
Finally, Mr. Minister, maybe you should take a look in the mirror, look at yourself, and consider whether you are being disingenuous here!
Unsolicited advice: Mr. Minister, ask your staff to send you the files on Joe Garba, one of your predecessors. They can include videos.
[The late Colonel Joe Garba – under him, Nigeria’s global visibility was stratospheric]
He was about half your age and didn’t boast the academic credentials you paraded when he flew Nigeria’s diplomatic flag to dizzying heights.
Just ask the British and the Americans what they think of Nigeria then and now. It might encourage you to remove the blinkers from your eyes and join the rest of humanity in jettisoning primordial subservience and allegiance to our historic oppressors.
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Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov held a meeting with the heads of defence departments of the Confederation of Sahel States member countries (Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali, the Republic of the Niger).
‘Today, we are holding the first consultations between the heads of the defence departments of the Russian Federation and the member countries of the Confederation of Sahel States,’ said Andrei Belousov.
The Russian Defence Minister noted that in July it was one year since the establishment of the Confederation of Sahel States.
‘The decision to establish the alliance is the result of the free choice of the Sahelian peoples and the course towards sustainable peaceful development. However, today terrorist threats and intensive actions of illegal armed groups persist in the Confederation countries,’ he stressed.
The Russian Defence Minister noted that the Russian military department is ready to provide comprehensive assistance to ensure stability in the region. ‘We support your position on the need to strengthen security, protect territories and sovereignty’.
Andrei Belousov underlined that the quadrilateral dialogue would be an important format for discussing issues on strengthening the cooperation in the defence sphere.
In turn, the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs of the Republic of Mali General Sadio Camara noted that the initiative to organise the first meeting at the level of defence ministers is a common desire to strengthen strategic partnership between countries. The General underlined this idea during his welcome speech on behalf of the heads of defence departments of the Confederation of Sahel States member countries.
‘At present, cooperation in the defence field is the largest area of cooperation between our countries,’ General Sadio Camara stressed.
Following the results of the talks, the sides signed a joint statement on the results of the consultations, as well as a memorandum of understanding between the defence departments of the Russian Federation and the Confederation of Sahel States.
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