Professor Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi, the son of a priest and politician, is an academic colossus whose impact on various aspects of Nigerian life cannot be captured in a single tribute. He is a scholar, policymaker, adviser, public intellectual, and a man with extensive academic engagements and networks.
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It’s Against International Law To Threaten to Assassinate A Foreign Head Of State
Former Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has condemned recent statements by the United States that appeared to threaten the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warning that such rhetoric violates both international and American law.
Continue reading “It’s Against International Law To Threaten to Assassinate A Foreign Head Of State”Nigeria Practising Democracy Of Negativity, Parties Oppose For The Sake Of It
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.
Continue reading “Nigeria Practising Democracy Of Negativity, Parties Oppose For The Sake Of It”Murtala Muhammed Brought Out the Pride in Nigeria
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has declared that the country’s late military head of state, General Murtala Muhammed, inspired a deep sense of accomplishment and national self-esteem in Nigeria with his radical foreign policy.
Continue reading “Murtala Muhammed Brought Out the Pride in Nigeria”Nigeria’s trajectory would be different if Murtala wasn’t killed
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.
Continue reading “Nigeria’s trajectory would be different if Murtala wasn’t killed”Legal sovereignty no longer enough to protect countries – Akinyemi
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
Continue reading “Legal sovereignty no longer enough to protect countries – Akinyemi”Legal sovereignty no longer enough to protect countries
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.
Continue reading “Legal sovereignty no longer enough to protect countries “Kudos as Erudite Scholar, Bolaji Akinyemi, Turns 84
As Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, one of Nigeria’s most renowned political scientist and international relations experts, marks his 84th birthday on January 4, 2026, his family, friends, associates, leaders, and the global community will gather in various groups to celebrate his distinguished career.
Continue reading “Kudos as Erudite Scholar, Bolaji Akinyemi, Turns 84”Bolaji Akinyemi warns FG to stay neutral in global conflicts
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.
Continue reading “Bolaji Akinyemi warns FG to stay neutral in global conflicts”Akinyemi disowns anti-Tinubu publications
Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, has disowned publications falsely attributed to him on many social media platforms which are critical of the present administration of President Bola Tinubu.
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