Description: The current BRICS President country, Brazil has announced that Nigeria would be the newest partner country in the multinational bloc of nations. Brazil announced that Nigeria’s efforts within the sectors of cooperation in the Global South as well as the country’s governance capabilities enabled the country to leverage its position on the African continent as one of the leading economies.
Impact: Nigeria’s pivot towards BRICS indicates on prevalence in influence from leading geopolitical powers and members of BRICS such as Russia and China. Nigeria as one of the largest African economies especially in the oil industry, could represent a major asset for countries from the BRICS alliance in attempts to establish a regional power footprint in the central African region. Russia and China with the failed project in the Middle East in the form of Syria and Lebanon would aim to launch a geopolitical counter – offensive on the African continent and tap new natural resources and crude oil trade markets.