President Bola Tinubu has arrived in the United Arab Emirates.
The President’s plane touched down at about 11:p.m. local time. He is in the country for the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week summit.
A statement by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said he was received by the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The statement confirmed that President Tinubu is attending the summit at the invitation of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The annual global forum brings together leaders from government and business to discuss sustainable development.
This year’s summit is tagged with the theme: “The Nexus of Next: All Systems Go.”
President Tinubu departed Nigeria on December 28, 2025, with the Presidency describing his journey as an end-of-year break in Europe.
He was last week seen in France meeting with Rwanda’s president.
President Tinubu is expected back in Nigeria after the week long summit.
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.
