Tuggar is no stranger to ambition. He previously ran for governor under the now-defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC.

Nigerian author Lola Shoneyin jumped on the moment, jokingly asking the minister to drop his Top 10 rap songs of the year.

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has stirred a blend of diplomatic discourse and pop culture buzz after ...

A Nigerian official indicated in remarks to a Nigerian outlet that the country is not interested in helping to deport foreign ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has listed his top 12 rap songs, delighting many on social media ...

Nigeria has firmly declined to succumb to external demands from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has drawn public attention not just for a firm diplomatic stance but for a surprising pop culture twist: quoting a famous rap lyric to explain ...

South Sudan has accepted eight third-country deportees from the U.S. and Rwanda says it’s in talk with the administration of ...

The United States' decision to reduce visa validity for Nigerian nationals from five years to just three months ...

Nigeria will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees or third-country prisoners from the US, foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar has vowed, quoting 1990s American ...

Nigeria's foreign minister, Yusuf Tuggar, has accused the United States of mounting significant pressure on African countries to accept deported V ...

Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar has said that Washington is exerting "considerable pressure" on African countries, including Nigeria, to accept Venezuelan nationals being deported ...