Diplomatic Box

By Sunday Oyinloye The British Council recently organized a colourful  reception to mark the formal closure of the UK/Nigeria 2015-16. Founded in 1934,the  British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. The council creates  friendly…

By Sunday Oyinloye “We have called you today to alert you to one of the gravest developments in the history of our country. We have received damning information and concrete evidence of an audacious plan that the Jubilee administration and…

Nigeria wants to cooperate with Russia in fighting against the Boko Haram terror group, which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State jihadists (IS, also ISIL). On Tuesday Nigeria’s  Minister Minister, Mansur Mohammed , Dan-Ali met with Russian Defence Minister Sergei…

By Sunday Oyinloye The good relations between Nigeria and Ghana got a further boost weekend with the presentation of Letters of Credence to President Nana Akufo-Addo by the new Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Olufemi Abikoye. The career Diplomat…

By Sunday Oyinloye I have been very careful not to write on the ill health of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari for many reasons. One, because his condition was never his own making. Two,  the retired General is old enough to…

By Sunday Oyinloye Sharing  birthday with a fool is not something anybody would wish. But then my birthday mate rose to become a General in the Nigerian Army. The man sometimes described as Maradona staged a coup and became a…

By Sunday Oyinloye The story  of Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga is an interesting one, though the outcome of their encounters on the political field has not in any way been palatable for Odinga. Definitely,…

  By Sunday Oyinloye Sometimes last month, Grace Mugabe, wife of the life President of Zimbabwe , Robert  Mugabe challenged her 93 year old husband to name his preferred successor to end divisions over the future leadership of ZANU-PF. The…

By Sunday Oyinloye Nigeria is one of the luckiest nations on the surface of the earth, a country blessed with the proverbial milk and honey, a nation immune to real natural disaster, a country with the largest black population in…

Many revelations have been made about the inadequacies of the Goodluck Jonathan-led administration which ended in May, 2015. More than two years after, some critics of Muhammadu Buhari administration are saying that the promised change is not too visible. However,…