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...
by Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire | Sep 11, 2023 | General, News
The African Union (AU) has been made a permanent member of the G20. The Group of Twenty (G20) is an expansion of the G7, originally G8 until Russia’s expulsion in 2014 following its annexation of Crimea. The G7 was founded in 1975 as an informal forum...
