Achievements as Foreign Minister and Academic Posts
Notable Milestones as Foreign Minister and in Academia
CEASE FIRE TERMS ENDORSED BY INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE: During my period as Foreign Minster, I was involved in negotiating the cease-fire in the Chad-Libyan, and in the Mali-Burkina Faso wars, the terms of the latter were later endorsed by the International Court of Justice.
thruMYeyes, with Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi live on YouTube weekly...
The thruMYeyes weekly broadcast, which started in the middle of the pandemic in July 2020, was originally going to run for a month, but following requests from viewers, the broadcast has now run for over 210+ episodes as at first quarter 2025
The broadcast has varied between one-on-one interview sessions with Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, sessions with Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi and other distinguished guests to full town hall sessions with a broad spectrum of invited guests from academia and other professions.
The interactive nature of the broadcast has endeared “the Prof”, as we call him, with the viewers. Since its inception, clips of Prof. Akinyemi have made it, multiple times, into the “top 30” most viewed clips of the day on major international media platforms. Every week, “the Professor” turns up and keeps his audience hooked as he analyses international events with such insights, historical perspectives and explains in a language that students of international relations and diplomacy can relate to.
News, Seminars and Publications
In this interview with WALE AKINSELURE, former Nigeria Minister of External Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi speaks on the United States invasion of
The Nigerian Academy of International Affairs (NAIA), a body of eminent and retired professionals and scholars in diplomacy and international
The former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, spoke on several issues about the ongoing crisis in Sudan, including
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Deputy Chairman of 2014 National Conference, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has said the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Leading PR expert, Nkechi Ali-Balogun, has been listed in the 2023 edition of Portraits of Patriots: 100 Leading Nigerian Thought