Author: Rutherford Morenike Akinbo

Nigeria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has criticised the state of opposition politics in the country, warning that it has degenerated into “a democracy of negativity” in which parties oppose government policies regardless of merit.

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Former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has asserted that the nation’s trajectory would have been different if former Head of State, Gen. Murtala Muhammed, had not been assassinated.

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In this interview with WALE AKINSELURE, former Nigeria Minister of External Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi speaks on  the United States invasion of Venezuela, Nigeria’s vulnerability to superpower pressure, the Country of Particular Concern designation, the limits of the United Nations, Nigeria’s decline as the “giant of Africa,” delayed ambassadorial appointments and their diplomatic consequences.

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A former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has cautioned Nigeria and other countries in the global south against becoming pawns in the ongoing rivalry between world powers, stressing that the Russia-Ukraine war offers a stark lesson.

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Nigeria’s former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, on Friday called on Nigerians not to trust politicians who contributed to the nation’s current challenges and had continued to position themselves for elections or re-elections in 2023.

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