Prof Bolaji Akinyemi's Publications 2006 - date                                                           ....1,2,3,4

Obamania and American realpolitik - A look at the entry of Barak Hussein Obama into the race to the White House. By Bolaji Akinyemi and Akin Oyebode The Guardian  Feb 12th, 2008 Article 3. (http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/editorial_opinion/article03/120208)

We’re being taken back to the pre-civil war era. Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, former External Affairs Minister and a foreign affairs expert speaks with Gbenga Oshinaike on recent developments in the country and sounds a note of warning. Here are excerpts of the interview with the respected scholar, who is also a member of The Patriots. Sunday Punch Jan 22, 2006 pg 17-18

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1.THE WORLD PREPARES FOR AN ISRAEL AFTER SHARON  2. ISRAELI POLITICS WON’T CHANGE FUNDAMENTALLY IN POST-SHARON ERA, SAYS AKINYEMI Bolaji Akinyemi, former Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister and a Professor of Political Science is not new to the subject of Arab-Israeli relations and the wider Middle East question. He was at a time a member of the UN Group of experts on certain aspects of the Middle East. As a member of that world body, Akinyemi is naturally at home with the emerging issues in post-Sharon period in the politics of Israel and in the wider Arab Israeli relations in the Middle East. The Oxford University trained Political Scientist spoke with Oma Djebah. This Day Sunday Jan 15 2006, Pg15-17

HOSTAGE TAKING WILL HAPPEN AGAIN UNLESS... WARNS PROF. BOLAJI AKINYEMI: From Bolaji Akinyemi comes a word of caution. He says unless immediate steps are taken to address the plight of people in the Niger Delta region, abduction of oil workers will happen again. The Former Foreign Affairs Minister speaks in an interview with Sunday Vanguard, at his residence in Lagos, against the backdrop of political tension which he describes as “the mess we found ourselves in this country”, his assessment of state of the nation is more than a scathing remark that is not dismissible. Sunday Vanguard, February 5, 2006, Page 14-15

OMIT RELIGION, ETHNIC AFFILIATIONS FROM CENSUS DATA-AKINYEMI: Professor bolaji akinyemi, former minister of external affairs, ex-director general of the Nigeria institute of international affairs (NIIA) and the maiden national secretary of national democratic coalition (NADECO), disagrees with the agitation in some quarters for the inclusion of religious and ethnic affiliations in the forthcoming national population census data. Akinyemi, a former university don, also advocates the adoption of modified open ballot system for the 2007 polls if the country really wants to conduct a credible, free and fair poll similar to the 1993 election. Moreover, he dismisses the growing clamour for rotational presidency or power shift ahead of the 2007 elections as undemocratic, in this interview with Temitope Ogunbanke and Mojisola Alausa in lagos. New Age Newspaper, February 8, 2006 page 11-12. 2006

THE TAYLOR SAGA: A CLASH OF CIVILIZATION. Full text of an article Published as a Cover Story in the London edition of the New African magazine of May 2006, page 20-23

Nigeria has displayed Diplomatic Dexterity. Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, 62, former External Affairs Minister and a former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) is a respected voice in matters of diplomacy across the globe. Charles Taylor who has been on exile in Nigeria suddenly disappeared, a few days after the Presidency terminated his asylum and asked the Liberian government to take possession of the ex-warlord. In this interview with Oma Djebah, Akinyemi says Nigeria has displayed great diplomatic dexterity in her handling of the Charles Taylor issue. Excerpts. THISDAY Page 6, March 29th 2006.

RIGHT OF REPLY. A response to an article on "Need to define content of federalism" by Maryam Uwais under the Column "Right of Reply" in THISDAY  March 26th, 2006

NO THANKS, WE ARE NOT PELAGIANS HERE Institute Of Directors Annual Dinner Speech 2006, Held On December 4, 2006, Lagos, Nigeria.

CONSOLIDATING DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA, Public lecture in honour of the 65^th birthday celebration of General Ibrahim Babangida, former President Of Nigeria, August 25,2006, Abuja

PROF BOLAJI A. AKINYEMI AT 65 - An Interview by The Guardian of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs on his 65th Birthday. The Guardian of Sunday December 31st 2006 (link not yet active)

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