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NEWS
Forthcoming Events
November 29 -30, 2011:
NIIA Workshop on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
November 29 - December 2, 2011:
NIIA and Centre for Criminal Justice Reform and Citizen Awareness
Workshop on "The Challenges of Terrorism in the 21st Century Global
Community"
December 13, 2011:
NIIA Founders' Day and Members' Annual General Meeting
January 4, 2012:
70th Birthday Anniversary of
PROFESSOR BOLAJI AKINYEMI, CFR, former Director-General of NIIA and
former Minister of External Affairs
February 12, 2012:
Second India-Africa Academic Conference
March 2012:
International Conference on Prospects of
African Unity and Regional Integration
NIIA ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICY ESSAY COMPETITION AND
FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
Consistent
with its mandate to “encourage and facilitate the understanding of
international affairs and of the circumstances, conditions and
attitudes of foreign countries and their peoples”, the Nigerian
Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) is pleased to announce the
inauguration of an Annual Essay Competition on Nigeria’s Foreign
Policy. The objective of this initiative is to further arouse the
interest of students of international relations in Nigerian
Universities on the subject in view of the growing complexities and
diversities in the relations among nations and their implications
for Nigeria.
Institutional Eligibility:
The
competition is open to both public and private universities
recognized by National Universities Commission (NUC) in Nigeria.
Student
Eligibility:
Participation
is restricted only to final year students in the following
departments as applicable to the various Nigerian universities:
1.
Political Science
2.
International Relations
3.
Diplomatic History
4.
Law and Diplomacy
Furthermore,
only final year students with the highest cumulative point average
in their respective departments are qualified to contest. The
implication is that there will be only one contestant per
department/University. Heads of the various departments are please
requested to bring this to the attention of their students.
Title and
Extent of the Essay:
Political
and Economic Development of Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria’s Roles
The essay
should be sent to the NIIA Director-General in electronic form,
typeset in Times New Roman, font size 12 and should not exceed six
thousand words. Notes and references should be at the end. Microsoft
word 2007 should be used.
Entry form can be down loaded
from NIIA’s website
www.niianet.org.
Dead Line
for Submission of Essays
All
participating students should submit their essays via
dgeneral@niianet.org
before October 30, 2011. The best three essays will be announced at
the Institute’s Patron’s Dinner that will hold in Abuja in December,
2011.
Prizes:
Prizes will
include membership of the NIIA, internship at the NIIA, books,
monetary awards and consolation prizes.
For further
enquiries contact the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, on
Telephone Nos.: 01-9500983
08034737950.
Signed
Professor
Bola A. Akinterinwa (Ph.D Sorbonne)
Acting
Director-General
DIPLOMATIC BRIEFING:
HIGHLIGHTS OF BILATERAL TIES BETWEEN NIGERIA AND FRANCE.
The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA)
organised another in its series of diplomatic briefing on Tuesday,
July 26, 2011. The breifing highlighted the bilateral ties
between Nigeria and France . His Excellency, Mr. Jean-Michel
Dumond, Ambassador of France to Nigeria briefed the
Institute's management and research staff on the foreign policy
reforms with the focus on Africa in general and Nigeria in
particular.
2ND BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS ON
NIGERIAN MEDIA AND PROTECTION OF NATIONAL INTEREST.
The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA)
organised its 2nd Brainstorming Session on Nigerian Media and Protection
of National Interest on Thursday, 9th June 2011. The aim
of the Session is to underscore the need to generate ideas on
national security and nation building. The Brainstorming Session is
focused basically on how to protect Nigeria’s security interest from
the perspective of the media.
In attendance were top ranking military officers,
media chieftains and her representatives, the academics from both
public and private universities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
the Federal Ministry of Information and Communication, members of
the Governing Council and research staff of the Nigerian Institute
of International Affairs and media houses.
The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), on Tuesday,
4th January 2011, held Special Brainstorming Sessions on
the 16th Ordinary Session of the AU Summit, Cote D'Ivoire's Crisis
and Sudanese Referenda. The sessions were chaired by Professor
Bolaji Akinyemi and Professor Gabriel Olusanya.
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