By Gloria Ikibah
Key figures from Nigeria’s defense and internal affairs architecture, including the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo; and Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa are expected to participate in a forthcoming international forum on security and diplomacy convening in Abuja.
The conference organised under the auspices of the Diplomatic Correspondents’ Association of Nigeria (DICAN), will be hosted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, who also serves as the association’s grand patron.
Ambassador Tuggar is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the event, which with the theme: “Nigeria’s 4Ds Foreign Policy Strategy Amidst Global Security Challenges, Strategic Misperceptions, and the Age of Disinformation: The Role of Diplomacy, Intelligence, and Media in Shaping National and Global Stability.”
This inaugural engagement is poised to offer a multi-stakeholder platform for critical discourse on contemporary security dynamics affecting Nigeria, the African continent, and the broader international community.
Under the leadership of DICAN Chairman, Idehai Frederick, the association is facilitating dialogue around the Tinubu administration’s foreign policy orientation—centered on Democracy, Development, Diaspora, and Demography (the 4Ds)—and its strategic relevance in mitigating emergent threats while enhancing Nigeria’s global posture.
Scheduled for July 23 at the Rotunda Hall, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the conference will convene a cross-section of stakeholders including senior government representatives, members of the diplomatic corps (with over 75 expected attendees), intelligence and security professionals, media practitioners, scholars, and students from selected institutions.
A robust panel session will be chaired by the Ambassador of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, and will feature key figures including the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Professor Sheriff Ghali of the University of Abuja and notable journalists of international repute, Alhassan Bala.
The conference also signals DICAN’s growing commitment to strategic stakeholder engagement as a tool for peacebuilding and conflict prevention at a time when global security tensions are escalating in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and other parts of the world.
Some notable dignitaries expected at the conference include: Former Nigerian President, State Governors, Past and present National Assembly Members, Security Chiefs and research institutions.
This gathering reflects Nigeria’s readiness to play a stabilizing role by fostering mutual understanding and multilateral cooperation.
