Nigerian Vice President visits Oxford’s African Studies Centre

Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria, has visited the African Studies Centre (the Centre), at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies , Oxford University. The Vice President attended the Centre for the inauguration of its International Advisory Board (IAB). The Centre is one of the world's leading centres of African Studies. Since opening its doors in 2004 the centre has built a reputation for its graduate level work and faculty research on Africa. Vice President Osinbajo is an accomplished scholar, teacher, lawyer and administrator. He has held various professorial, government and UN positions, and is a leading expert on the Law of Evidence, National and Regional Corporate Commercial Laws, and Public Law. As part of the proceedings he delivered a lecture addressing the challenges of higher education in Africa, entitled 'The Challenges of Human Development in 21st Century Africa.