President Tinubu Arrives in Brazil for State Visit to Strengthen Bilateral Ties

President Bola Tinubu arrived in Brasília on Monday, commencing a significant state visit to Brazil aimed at deepening the strategic partnership between the two nations.

Upon landing at the Brasília Air Base from Los Angeles, President Tinubu was formally received by senior Brazilian officials, including Ambassador Carlos Sérgio Sobral Duarte, Secretary for Africa and the Middle East, and Ambassador Carlos José Areias Moreno Garcete, Brazil’s Ambassador to Nigeria. Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, was also present.

An official welcoming ceremony with full military honours is scheduled at the Planalto Palace, where President Tinubu will meet with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Their agenda includes a private meeting, expanded bilateral discussions with senior government officials, the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), and a joint press conference.

The visit also features meetings with the leadership of Brazil’s National Congress and Supreme Federal Court, alongside participation in the Nigeria-Brazil Business Forum.

This visit builds on a long-standing diplomatic relationship that dates back to the 1960s. Nigeria opened its embassy in Brazil in 1966, and Brazil was the only Latin American nation to attend Nigeria’s independence celebrations in 1960.

Bilateral engagement has intensified since President Tinubu’s inauguration. Recent high-level exchanges include: President Tinubu’s attendance at the 2025 BRICS Summit and the 2024 G20 Summit in Brazil; a June 2025 visit to Abuja by Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin for the Second Session of the Nigeria-Brazil Strategic Dialogue;  and reciprocal visits by both countries’ foreign ministers in early 2025.

Cooperation is anchored by the Strategic Dialogue Mechanism, established in 2013 and co-chaired by the nations’ vice presidents.

The latest session in Abuja yielded seven new agreements covering areas such as defence, energy, tourism, and counternarcotics.

A cornerstone of the partnership is collaboration on food security. This includes a $2.5 billion investment by Brazilian company JBS to develop sustainable agricultural supply chains and the ongoing $1.1 billion Green Imperative Programme, which aims to supply 10,000 tractors and 50,000 units of farm equipment for assembly in Nigeria.

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Dele Fashomi

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.

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