Foreign Policy

Today, Nigeria’s foreign-policy direction is more difficult to define. The present administration has announced the 4D Foreign Policy Doctrine: Democracy, Development, Demography and Diaspora. These are admirable principles. But a doctrine cannot live by alliteration alone.

May 14, (THEWILL) – In 1960, shortly after gaining independence, Nigeria boldly declared that “Africa would be the centrepiece” of its foreign policy. This vision, championed by Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa, shaped the country's early engagement with the world...