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By Olayinka Agboola We were all born to achieve different purposes in life. Yes. We all desire to be successful but most of us never really develop that critical sense of focus, passion and perseverance. Ayobamidele Abayomi Ojutelegan Ajani Momodu had all these ‘packaged’ for him in copious measures by the Creator as he journeyed down to this world sixty years ago. It has been a very long time since I wrote tributes like this about anybody, anywhere. I have, perhaps, become lazy or maybe I have been too busy keeping myself and my businesses alive to bother about scripting…

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has congratulated Professor Ibrahim Gambari (CFR) on his appointment as Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhar In his congratulatory message, Senator Omo-Agege expressed optimism that Professor Gambari’s intellectual achievements and decades of international experience will have positive impact on the progressive objectives of the Buhari administration. The Deputy President of the Senate also noted that the scholar-diplomat is stepping in at a very critical time for the All Progressives Congress(APC)-led administration and the nation. “I join millions of other Nigerians in congratulating Professor Ibrahim Gambari (CFR), on this new national…

By Moses Olafare Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi(Ojaja II) is partnering with ABUAD-Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti on a clinical research aimed at developing drugs and vaccines for viral infections with special focus on Coronavirus pandemic. Ooni Ogunwusi made this known at his Ile-Oodua palace on Monday while receiving reports from his Clinical Research Team. The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi(Ojaja II) after the donation of the motorized modular fumigator to Ekiti State on Thursday , April 30th , 2020 paid a courtesy call on Founder of the Afe Babalola University , Ado…

Yesterday, we published Ambassador Fafowora’s not so palatable opinions on President Buhari’s new Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari. Today, we counter that with another view from another distinguished Nigerian, Governor Fayemi. Find the extract from Fayemi’s book below: “Around the third week of September 1998, I received a rather surprising call from Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. I had come to respect and like Professor Gambari in the years of our struggle. He became clearly one of our strongest opponents on the diplomatic turf in the sense that he never indulged in any…

By Gboyega Akọsilẹ Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated Professor Ibrahim Gambari as the new Chief Of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as the right man for the job. Sanwo-Olu in a statement signed on his behalf by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Wednesday said Professor Gambari is a man of impeccable character, right temperament, leadership and knowledge. He said: ‘‘The choice of Professor Gambari as successor to the late Mallam Abba Kyari by President Muhammadu Buhari is commendable. Gambari is not just an academic or a diplomat, he is a fine gentleman,…

PLUS BRIEF BIODATA OF THE NEW GATEKEEPER BIO-DATA OF PRESIDENT BUHARI’S NEW CHIEF OF STAFF, PROF IBRAHIM GAMBARI Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari, CFR, OCORT, a scholar-diplomat, is the Founder/Chairman of the Board of Directors of Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, a non-governmental think-tank on research, policy studies, advocacy and training on the nexus between conflict prevention and resolution, democratisation and development in Africa. He has had an illustrious career, spanning academia, government and international diplomacy, culminating with his appointment as the first United Nations Under-Secretary General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa (1999-2005). He was the…

The Federal Government last year, struck a deal with the Nigeria Labour Congress for the implementation of a minimum wage of N30, 000 upward from the present N18, 000. The Federal Government and Labour earlier had a running battle with the Nigeria Governors Forum in arriving at the agreement for states and Local Government Areas to equally implement the minimum wage. Indeed, as reported in the media, both the Federal and some state Governments have implemented the said wage for their staff. However, the implementation of the new minimum wage came along with it some expected hiccups. The Federal Government…

By Sola Ojewusi That Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, the man being speculated as President Buhari’s new Chief of Staff is eminently qualified for the job is hardly in doubt. He has served at the top echelons of national and international bureaucracy and diplomacy for years besides his impressive academic credentials. However, there is an old mentor of his who thinks Nigeria should be wary of having such a man at this time of our quest for renaissance. He is 79 years old Ambassador Dapo Fafowora, one of the veterans and doyens of Nigerian diplomacy. Fafowora once served as Deputy Permanent…

The Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), a private sector initiative meant to fight the pandemic, on Wednesday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, donated medical equipment and beddings to Ondo State Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH). In his welcome address, the Head of the state COVID-19 Task Force, Dr. Busari Ismail disclosed that 10 patients were at the centre undergoing treatment, while three suspected cases were at the isolation centre. He added that although the three suspected cases had tested negative, they would still need to undergo further testing before they could be discharged. A representative of CACOVID in the state, Mr.…

By Mohammed Bello Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has inaugurated a team of COVID-19 response volunteer team to step up his administration’s proactive measures aimed at reducing the spread of the deadly pandemic. Gov. Tambuwal, whose initiative is the first of its kind in the country since the pandemic broke out said the move to create the volunteer group is borne out of the administration’s desire to curtail the spread of the disease. While addressing the first batch of the 1000 volunteers on Friday at Kasarawa International Conference Center in Sokoto, the governor stated that in addition to…