Akin osuntokun biography of donald

  • Akin Osuntokun has been active since then in the public arena and has acquired significant experience as a party man, strategist, political.
  • He was the second university graduate from Ekiti and trained the best of the educated elite of that generation in Christ's School, Ado Ekiti.
  • Strategist and former political adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Akin Osuntokun, who recently clocked 60, fears Nigeria's.

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    Akin Osuntokun: From Biafra to Scotland

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    Apparently the ghost of Biafra has not been laid to rest. I should know. inom got so carried away about the late Benjamin Adekunle and Alabi Isama’s book on the Nigeria civil war; that inom completely forgot myself and failed to dutifully reflect the most pertinent question of the war in my column last week titled Adekunle; Obasanjo and the Civil War - the justification and the meaning. inom was given a rude awakening to this lapse by letters pointedly calling to question the propriety of celebrating distinguished combatan

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    Akin Osuntokun At 60

    TUESDAY WITH REUBEN ABATI                 abati1990@gmail.com

    My good friend, Akin Osuntokun is 60. He was actually 60 on November 24, but it is this week that friends and family are rolling out the drums to celebrate one of the finest persons that I know. On November 24, we had gathered at his residence, at the invitation of Ronke, his wife, and the Osuntokun family but that was just a family event. This week, Akintola Osuntokun gets the public celebration that he truly deserves. Sometimes I forget how and when he and I met and I must have given varying accounts over the years. But the main recollection imprinted in my brain is that I got to know him when I was a graduate student at the University of Ibadan. I was Secretary-General of Obafemi Awolowo Hall. Ronke Ajibade, now Mrs. Osuntokun, was a graduate student. She lived in Awo Hall. Akin used to come around to “disturb” her. As Secretary-General of the Hall, I was something of a village gossip. I knew a

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    Outpour of Glowing Tributes as Emeritus Professor of History & International Relations, Akinjide  Osuntokun Celebrates 80th Birthday  

    Members of the academic community, family members, and well-wishers of Emeritus Professor of History and International Relations, Akinjide Osuntokun, OON, FNAL gathered on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, to celebrate him at the Tayo Aderinokun Auditorium, University of Lagos where his 80th birthday was marked.

    It was an occasion that also featured the launching of the book titled “Africa and the Challenge of Underdevelopment” – A Festschrift in honour of Professor Akiniide Osuntokun.  

    The ceremony was well attended by dignitaries, friends, and well-wishers drawn from tertiary institutions and the media. The list of attendees includes the former External Affairs Ministers Professor Bolaji Akinyemi and General Ike Nwachukwu under whom Osuntokun served as Special Adviser and Ambassador Veteran Journalist and Chief Editor of Gaskia

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