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Atiku, Fashola to Lead Launch of Landmark Book on Nigeria’s Renewable Energy Law
By Gloria Ikibah
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Lagos State governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, are set to headline the unveiling of a major new book examining Nigeria’s renewable energy future.
The book, “Renewable Energy: Law and Policy in Nigeria, a Crosscutting Perspective”, authored by Assistant Professor Bitrus Joseph Bulama of the American University of Nigeria School of Law, will be officially launched on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 in Abuja.
The event is expected to attract senior political figures, legal practitioners, diplomats and policy experts, reflecting the growing national and global focus on sustainable energy and the legal frameworks needed to support it.
In a statement, Chairman of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Nigeria and Senior Editor at Channel Network Afrique, Comrade Idehai Frederick, described the publication as a timely and significant contribution to national development.
“This is a meticulously researched work that arrives at a pivotal moment in our national development.
“We call on the Federal Government, the diplomatic community, and global policy makers to not only support this publication but to actively adopt its insights for the benefit of the energy sector,” Frederick said.
He further urged authorities to ensure the book becomes part of Nigeria’s academic and policy infrastructure, stressing the need to connect legal scholarship with real-world energy challenges.
“I strongly urge the Nigerian Government to integrate this book into the nation’s academic curriculum. It is essential that our researchers and future legal minds have access to such crosscutting perspectives to drive innovation and sustainability,” he said.
The book examines renewable energy through the combined lenses of law, policy and practical implementation. It provides guidance for lawmakers, regulators and investors in a country widely regarded as rich in renewable energy resources but still struggling to fully harness them.
Frederick also called on the media to give the book wide coverage, noting that its relevance extends beyond Nigeria.
“The insights contained in this work are for the overall benefit of not just the country, but the world at large,” he said.
With Atiku and Fashola jointly presenting the book, the launch is expected to spark renewed conversation around energy reform, sustainability and the legal foundations needed to power Nigeria’s transition to cleaner energy.
Popular sports broadcast journalist with Classic FM 97.3, Temisan Okomi, has died.
A journalist with News Central, Olawale Adigun, confirmed his death in a statement shared on X on Friday.
He wrote on X, “The worst way to go into the weekend is hearing about Temisan Okomi’s passing. I’m so gutted and, at the same time, terrified. This man meant so much to me.”
Recall that news of his death has since stirred reactions on X, with colleagues and fans expressing shock and grief.
The late journalist had worked with Lagos Television, HiTV, and other prominent media organizations in Nigeria.
His last post on X was on April 14, 2026, when he wrote, “The Champions League is hard, man.”
Ibrahim Abdulkarim, a political associate of ex-governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has claimed that the former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has agreed to deputize the Obi in the 2027 presidential race.
He spoke during an interview on Trust TV, said the Obidients and the Kwankwassiyya Movements are already aligning towards Obi/Kwankwaso ticket.
Asked if Obi and Kwankwaso had struck a deal, Abdulkarim said “yes, I can categorically tell you that they have agreed”.
We all know that. Both the Obidients and the Kwankwassiyya Movements are aware of the agreement”.
Recall that Kwankwaso recently decamped from the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP to the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
His move stirred suspicion that the two political gladiators may have agreed to run for the 2027 presidency on a single ticket.
A coalition of socio-political groups in Adamawa State has vowed to resist the imposition of a governorship candidate ahead of party primaries, even as it resolved to work with Governor Ahmadu Fintiri in producing the next governor of the state.
The coalition, comprising the Gongola Peoples’ Forum (GPF), Adamawa United Forum (AUF) and other allied groups, insisted that indigenous ethnic nationalities in the state would no longer “play second fiddle” in determining political leadership.
Speaking through the Mobilisation Secretary of GPF, Mr. Ibrahim Bebeto, the National Chairman of the forum, Markus Gundiri, said democracy thrives when the majority have their way, while the minority are allowed their say.
He maintained that the state was undergoing a political reawakening, warning that attempts to impose candidates based on what he described as “old oligarchic legacies” would no longer be tolerated.
Gundiri said the coalition speaks for over 85 ethnic nationalities in the state, stressing that lessons from the 2023 governorship election, which he alleged involved attempts to impose a candidate, had strengthened their resolve.
“It has become necessary to sound the warning that in Adamawa State, there is no room for imposition in the name of the will of God. The will of the people is actually the will of God, not the reverse,” he said.
He argued that consensus arrangements within political parties should not be mistaken for the collective will of the people, noting that any aspirant relying on such mechanisms to clinch power was “living in the past.”
“If consensus in a political party were to be taken as the will of the people, the coup against Governor Fintiri and democracy in 2023 would have succeeded. But because the people rejected it, it failed,” Gundiri added.
The coalition urged Governor Fintiri to remain steadfast in defending the mandate of the people and to relay their position to President Bola Tinubu.
“We are pleading with our governor to take this message to the president that the indigenous people of Adamawa State are solidly behind him, but will not accept the imposition of a candidate who is not from the indigenous ethnic nationalities,” he said.
Gundiri further stated that democracy should not be driven by wealth, influence or elite arrangements, but by the popular will of the electorate.
He added that members of the coalition were fully mobilised and ready to support both Governor Fintiri and President Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections.
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