June 9, 2026
L-R: Prof. Femi Otubanjo, Prof. Eghosa Osaghae, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), and Layiwola Olaseinde, Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Angola, at a lecture at NIIA, Lagos, on Tuesday
A Professor of Political Science, Femi Otubanjo, has warned that nuclear weapons have evolved from being mere instruments of warfare to becoming major causes of international conflicts and crises.
Otubanjo, a Research Professor at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), gave the warning while delivering a foreign policy lecture organised by the institute on Tuesday, in Lagos.
The lecture was entitled, “Nuclear Weapons: From Instrumenta Belli to Causae Bellorum.”
