With the death on Thursday, 5 June, of Prof. Jibril Aminu, former Minister of Education, former Minister of Petroleum, and former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, among other positions, Nigeria has lost one of its brightest and most liberal citizens. I lost a friend and confidant. He was also President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Executive Secretary …

Former Minister of Education, Prof. Jibril Aminu, died on Wednesday in Abuja after a prolonged illness. He was 85 years old. The Professor of Cardiology and respected heart specialist, he was also a Senator in the fifth and sixth sessions (2003 to 2011), representing Adamawa Central district. In condolence message on Thursday, President Bola Tinubu said of Nigeria’s former Ambassador to …