Bolaji Akinyemi Archives

Trauma, Fantasy and Hegemony in Comprehending Prof Jibrin Ibrahim’s 70th Birthday

Posted By: adminon: December 14, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: 'Critical distance’, 2nd International, Africa, Anthropocene, Bolaji Akinyemi, Fantasy, Halford Mackinder, Hegemony, Intellectuals of statecraft, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, SAP, TraumaNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja It seems safe to assume that the 70th birthday anniversary of Prof Jibrin Ibrahim is finally over. But an entire week celebrating a single political scientist in a country o... Read more

Unhooking NIPR from the Path of Jacobinism

Posted By: adminon: January 11, 2024In: GovernanceTags: 'linguistic turn', Adekeye Adebajo, Barry Buzan, Bolaji Akinyemi, Jacobinism, NIPR, Officer, Patrick Dele Cole, Raufu Mustapha, Soldier, Stanley Macebuh, Wittgenstein, ‘Empire of signs’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) is circulating a memo to military chiefs and other security agencies to press its case against what it calls “the appointmen... Read more

NIIA Reversing a Trend By Bringing Out Dr. Kayode Fayemi?

Posted By: adminon: December 08, 2021In: SpectacleTags: Bolaji Akinyemi, Downing Street, Elysee Palace, NIIA @ 60, White HouseNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA) appears set to reverse the historical trend whereby members of the intelligentsia who operate in the spaces for articulating the Niger... Read more

So, When Next You See Segun Odegbami, Remember to Call Him By His New Name and Title

Posted By: adminon: September 11, 2021In: People in ActionTags: Bolaji Akinyemi, CHINA, Olympics, The PlatformNo CommentsViews:

By Segun Odegbami With gratitude to the Creator of the Universe, I have been very blessed. I am not a religious person in the classic sense of a person indoctrinated into certain strict beli... Read more

History Repeating Itself as Prof Eghosa Osaghae Resumes @ NIIA?

Posted By: adminon: April 15, 2021In: GovernanceTags: Bolaji Akinyemi, CFR, Chatham House, CHINA, MFA, NIIA, RUSI, State Department, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

In the week that University of Ibadan’s Prof Eghosa Osaghae resumes as the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA), the temptation to infer history repeat... Read more

A Crack Week on Africa @ Chatham House

Posted By: adminon: May 10, 2017In: SpectacleTags: 'China in Africa', 2014 US-African Leaders Summit, African Union Commission, Bolaji Akinyemi, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Moussa Faki Mahamat, NIIA, SAIIA, SAJIA, Stephen O'Brien, TurkeyNo CommentsViews:

It’s a week of huge chunk of attention for Africa at Chatham House, the British think-tank on international affairs. Beginning today, May 10th, 2017, the Africa Programme of the think-tank’s... Read more