President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria following his participation in the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. During the summit, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
The agreement, as detailed in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, is designed to deepen economic cooperation, boost bilateral trade and investment, and enhance technology transfer. It targets expanded collaboration in key sectors including energy, infrastructure, agriculture, mining, and renewable energy.
President Tinubu also announced a joint Nigeria-UAE INVESTOPIA event to be held in Lagos in February, an initiative aimed at attracting global investors.
He told the summit that Nigeria aims to mobilize up to $30 billion annually in climate and green industrial finance to accelerate energy transition reforms and expand nationwide electricity access.
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.
