by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Apr 11, 2024 | General
The 9th ABP Southampton Marathon was held on Sunday, the 7th of April.  It would be my 15th marathon and I approached it as a ‘low stakes’ race with goals no loftier than finishing injury free and having fun. Weather forecast, which had been changeable in the lead...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Apr 3, 2024 | News
I was honoured to share my reflections on the state of Nigeria in This Day Newspaper. Read the full article by clicking on the link below. https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/03/08/one-year-on-from-the-2023-elections
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Feb 29, 2024 | General
A teacher in Kano, northern Nigeria makes a three-hour daily commute to school on foot, no longer able to pay for a ride in a tuktuk rickshaw. A civil servant in Ilorin, central Nigeria, can no longer afford rice for her three children, switching to gaari, made from...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Nov 13, 2023 | General
I was thrilled to be invited to the launch of the PanAfrican Institute at Lukenya University on the 9th of November, and honoured to be presented as a PanAfrican writer showcasing my book, Pillars of Statecraft: Nation Building in a Changing World. Big thank you to...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Sep 25, 2023 | General
The Richmond (London) Run-Fest marathon was scheduled for Sunday the 10th of September 2023. Weather forecast had predicted late summer temperatures of >30 degrees Celsius. It was the hottest marathon I’ve ever run; I had never seen so many ambulances at a race! I...
