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Nigeria Wants to Be Part of BRICS Bloc in Two Years, Join G-20
Nigeria will seek to become a member of the BRICS group of nations within the next two years as part of a new foreign policy push to have its voice heard in important global organizations. The West African nation will join every group that is open as long as the intentions are good, well-meaning and clearly defined, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar said in an interview. “Nigeria has come of age to decide for itself who her partners should be and where they should be, being multiple aligned is in our best interest,” Tuggar said. BRICS is a grouping of the emerging market powers Brazil, Russia, India, China ... (full story)