In the long arc of any country’s history, many men and women hold offices and titles in public life. In Nigeria, that is the claim to fame of many such personalities. But if their value addition, individually and collectively, had been significant, our country would have been in better shape than it is today.
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Professor Bolaji Akinyemi at 80
Some weeks before the 2014 National Conference rose to bid farewell to officials and delegates, the Lamido Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Mustapha, sent a letter to him. It was dated June 27.
Continue reading “Professor Bolaji Akinyemi at 80”Biden administration may sanction Nigerian officials for human rights abuses
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, talks to ALEXANDER OKERE about the intrigues in the ongoing US presidential election, how the outcome will affect Nigeria and why South Korea’s relations with the US as an ally could influence the emergence of a new director general of the World Trade Organisation.
Continue reading “Biden administration may sanction Nigerian officials for human rights abuses”Akinyemi Opposes Call to Set up Parallel Body to WHO
Former Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has objected to a recent call by former United Kingdom Prime Minister, David Cameron, to set up a separate body aside the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, in this interview by SEGUN KASALI, speaks on the battle being waged against Akinwumi Adesina, the Nigerian head of the African Development Bank (AfDB), the backlash of the murder of George Floyd, a black man, by the police in the United States, among other issues.
Continue reading “AfDB: External investigator will find something Adesina is not even accused of”Blame African Leaders for Chinese’s Inhuman Treatment of Black
Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), was also the Minister of External Affairs under the regime of President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida. He is, perhaps, Nigeria’s leading voice on foreign policy issues and Africa in the 21st century.
Continue reading “Blame African Leaders for Chinese’s Inhuman Treatment of Black”What Nigeria, African economies must do now to survive tomorrow
Professor of Political Science and Nigeria’s former External Affairs Minister, BOLAJI AKINYEMI, in this interview with MARCEL MBAMALU, speaks on what Nigeria and the rest of the Third World should be doing at the moment to survive the post-COVID-19 challenges.
Continue reading “What Nigeria, African economies must do now to survive tomorrow”The church must stop worshiping rich people
Former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has advised Nigerian churches to stop patronizing the rich with a questionable source of wealth. Akinyemi gave the advice while speaking with journalists at the Centenary Anniversary Lecture of the Anglican Church held at All Souls’ Church, Lekki, Lagos.
Continue reading “The church must stop worshiping rich people”Xenophobia: Former foreign affairs minister asks FG to sue South Africa
Former minister of foreign affairs Professor Bolaji Akinyemi has advised the federal government to drag South Africa to the International Criminal Court of Justice over killings of Nigerians during the recent xenophobic attacks in the country.
Continue reading “Xenophobia: Former foreign affairs minister asks FG to sue South Africa”Ex-foreign affairs minister wants Nigeria to sue South Africa over xenophobic attacks
Former minister of foreign affairs Professor Bolaji Akinyemi Sunday called on the Nigerian Government to drag South Africa to the International Criminal Court of Justice over the xenophobic attacks that claimed lives and property of some Nigerians.
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