Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has openly affirmed his longstanding friendship with President Bola Tinubu, despite their differing political affiliations.
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governor made the declaration on Tuesday after meeting Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, at the State House in Abuja. Soludo, a former Central Bank governor, wore a cap endorsing Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid during the visit.
“I make no apologies for this friendship,” Soludo stated.
“President Tinubu has been my friend for 22 years. I support him and commend his bold economic reforms.”
The relationship appears reciprocal: Tinubu previously endorsed Soludo’s re-election during a May visit to Anambra, praising the governor’s “progressive leadership” and infrastructure achievements.
“With him, Anambra is on the rise,” the president remarked at the time, acknowledging Soludo as a key adviser since the early days of his administration.
The public mutual support highlights political pragmatism in Nigeria’s often polarized landscape, where cross-party alliances remain influential.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
