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Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye, Business a.m.’s Editorial Advisor, who graduated in veterinary medicine from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, before establishing himself in science and public policy journalism and communication, also has a postgraduate diploma in public administration, and is a former special adviser to two former Nigerian ministers of agriculture. He specialises in development and policy issues in the areas of food, trade and competition, security, governance, environment and innovation, politics and emerging economies.


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Olukayode OyeleyeApril 7, 2025

LAST WEEK, THE APPOINTMENT of a new Director General for the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) was announced. His name is
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Olukayode OyeleyeApril 1, 2025

ECOWAS IS DYING. The final killers and the undertakers may well be presidents of two countries, namely France and Nigeria. The
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Olukayode OyeleyeMarch 25, 2025

NAMIBIA’S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT was sworn in last weekend on Friday. The epoch-making event at the country’s capital, Windhoek,
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Olukayode OyeleyeMarch 19, 2025

SUDAN CEASED TO BE ONE on July 9, 2011, when the southern portion took on its own separate identity by becoming South Sudan. The
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Olukayode OyeleyeMarch 18, 2025

SUDAN WAS ONE UNTIL July 2011. The split into two had a long history behind it. The bitter wars and the inevitable division into the
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Olukayode OyeleyeMarch 11, 2025

SUDAN WAS ONE UNTIL July 2011. The split into two had a long history behind it. The bitter wars and the inevitable division into the
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Olukayode OyeleyeMarch 4, 2025

OPPORTUNITY FOR emancipation is knocking at Africa’s door now. But while this happens, it matters a great deal what Africa does
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Olukayode OyeleyeFebruary 17, 2025

AFRICAN UNION (AU), the various regional economic communities (RECs), and a whole lot of heads of nations’ heads of government within
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Olukayode OyeleyeFebruary 12, 2025

EXTERNALITIES COME AS inevitable variables in international diplomatic relations. They need to be controlled, especially those at the
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Olukayode OyeleyeJanuary 20, 2025

PARALLEL GOVERNMENTS are commonplace nowadays in Africa. Last week, an unsuccessful assault against the government of Mahamat Déby was