BAUCHI'S DARK HORSEIn Bauchi former Governor Mohammed Abubakar – who had largely withdrawn from politics since 2019 – emerged winner of the APC primary defeating frontline aspirants including former Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar and former Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) executive Bala Wunti who wielded a gargantuan financial war chest...

With Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar Kallas described cooperation with Nigeria as both tactical and strategic (AC Vol 64 No 10 Will you be my strategic partner...

They include: Minister of Power Bayo Adelabu (Oyo) Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar (Bauchi) Minister of State Defence Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) and Agriculture Minister Abubakar Kyari (Borno)...

Some of the mystery about the emergency landing of a Nigerian Air Force C130 in Bobo-Dioulasso two days after the failed putsch was cleared up when Nigeria's Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar met with Burkina Faso's leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Ouagadougou on 17 December...

Even as Ecowas and the breakaway Association des États du Sahel (AES) begin early negotiations over a post-divorce framework for trade and migration Nigerian foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar argues that West Africa must revive its once-strong culture of collective security action...

He has also turned a cold shoulder to Nigeria despite overtures from Abuja's foreign minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (AC Vol 66 No 5 Tuggar drives Nigeria's strategic autonomy)...

Governor Mohammed has also been feuding with Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar who is mulling a run for the governorship on the APC ticket...

Foreign Affairs Minister and former journalist Yusuf Tuggar also wants to be governor of Bauchi and is engaged in a high-profile feud with current Governor Bala Mohammed...