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Nov 10 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Meeting originally scheduled to hold during #CHOGM in Kigali, but was postponed at the time. The conversation yesterday "was mostly economic", said President @MBuhari (i.e. around improving business relations between 🇳🇬 & 🇬🇧); citing the "great attachment" between both countries.
Snapshots of Nigeria-UK relations, under President Buhari:
The 1st Nigeria-UK Economic Development Forum held May 2019, hosted by @NigeriaGov. 7th edition in April 2022, in London.

Inaugural UK-Nigeria Security & Defence Partnership Dialogue held 31 Jan-2 Feb, 2022, in London. Jointly convened by UK & Nig NSAs.
Btw, did you know about the John Major link to Nigeria?
And did you know about this May 15, 1984 letter, from the State House (Nigeria) to 10 Downing Street?
We put this blog-post together when the then PM @theresa_may visited Nigeria, in August 2018:
2018:
I remember this London outing quite well because it's the first (and so far only) time I've entered 10 Downing Street. Have to say I was struck by how small the inside seemed. (And I also have that my near-famous photo in front of the famous door)
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January 2020: 🇳🇬🇬🇧

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Nov 10
A quick thread on Police Reforms in Nigeria, from the IG's presentation at #StateHouseBriefing today:
Legislative reform:

3 vital @PoliceNG Bills assented to by the President:

- Nigeria Police Trust Fund (Establishment) Act, 2019

- Nigeria Police Act, 2020 - the 1st overhaul of the Police Act in more than 70 years.

- Nigeria Police Academy (Establishment) Act, 2021
Manpower development:

Presidential approval for the recruitment and training of 10,000 new police personnel annually.

2019 and 2020/21 concluded.

The 3rd batch of 10,000 (2022 recruitment) currently undergoing training at Police Training Schools and Colleges nationwide.
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Nov 6
As a rule it seems you will not find positive African news on CNN’s NEWS coverage. Only disasters—collapsed buildings,plane crashes,floods,etc.

Anything remotely positive has to be ‘sponsored’—put on a special program paid for by corporate advertising;NOT mainstream programming
I’m happy for someone to challenge this with proof, of course.

I’ve been thinking a lot about it, and I find it very problematic.
If all you know about Nigeria, or Africa, is from watching mainstream CNN coverage - sigh. It'd be the most distorted view ever.
The positives are 'ghettoed' into Inside Africa & African Voices, which are made possible by the advertising dollars of successful African companies.
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Oct 25
Today is #StateHouseBriefing. Guest is @MohdBelloKoko, MD/CEO @nigerianports.

Highlights:
“There’s a correlation between the GDP of a nation and the activities at its ports.”

“Trade facilitation is the main responsibility of @nigerianports.”

— @MohdBelloKoko

#StateHouseBriefing
“Lekki Deep Sea Port has been planned for a while; it was the Buhari administration that pushed construction to start,and to be completed. It will commence operations before the end of the year. It’s the first fully-automated port in Nigeria. — @MohdBelloKoko
#StateHouseBriefing
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Sep 16
Will keep saying this - the last time any Administration invested this much in the Nigerian military was the late 1970s.

Today in Turkey, Keel-laying held for @NigerianNavy’s 2 x 76m High Endurance Offshore Patrol Vessels (HE OPV) ordered last year.

Lots more platforms coming!
This is @NigAirForce platform acquisition scorecard:

There’s another >36 new aircraft on order (not included in list below), awaiting delivery - including the M-346 FA aircraft, and the AH-1Z attack helicopters (G2G deal with the US Govt; an even bigger deal than the Tucanos).
A milestone moment, this. The 12 Super Tucano have since been deployed, and are to a large extent responsible for the current wave of successes we are seeing. Long may the upper hand against terror continue.
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Sep 12
Somebody thought it was a good idea to film & release this???? 🙆🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️
No administration since 1999 has done as much as the current one to revive and reposition the Eastern Ports. (Not even the one PO served as Member Economic Management Team and Honorary Special Adviser on Finance, 2011-2015)

Come and Verify: mobile.twitter.com/i/events/12224…
More:
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Aug 30
#StateHouseBriefing has kicked off.

Two 1967 laws governed the Nigerian Petroleum Industry, for decades, until PMB assented to the PIA in August 2021. No substantial change in those laws since 1967, says @MKKyari

Watch live:
“I believe that by the middle of next year, @nnpclimited will be IPO-ready.” — @MKKyari

“Our vision is to be the dynamic global energy company of choice.”

#StateHouseBriefing
.@MKKyari: We are restoring the refineries, to at least 90% of installed capacity. We will have an O&M contract, we will not run the refineries ourselves. We will hand over the restored refineries to O&M contractors to run. This is what we failed to do in the last 43 years.
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