The Profile of the New Chief of Staff of the Nigerian President: Read below

*PROFILE OF PRESIDENT BUHARI'S NEW CHIEF OF STAFF, PROF. IBRAHIM GAMBARI!*

Ambassador Gambari, a Nigerian scholar-diplomat, was the first Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa (1999-2005). In that capacity, he worked closely with heads of government, key policy makers as well as institutions on the continent to develop the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).

During this period, he was concurrently the Resident Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission to Angola (2002-2003). He has been a delegate to the Assembly of the African Union as a national delegate (1984-1985) and as a member of the UN Secretary-General’s delegation (2000-2012).

Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari, is currently the Founder/Chairman of Savannah Center External link in Abuja, Nigeria, a think-tank for research, training and public policy debate on the nexus between diplomacy (conflict resolution), democracy and development in Africa.

His last assignment at the United Nations was as the Joint Special Representative of the Secretary General and Chairperson of the African Union Commission/Head of the UN and AU Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) from January 2010 to July 2012. During Ambassador Gambari’s tenure, UNAMID was the world’s largest international peacekeeping mission.

Ambassador Gambari has held several leadership positions at the national, regional and international levels and has built extensive contacts with governments as well as public and private institutions, especially in Africa. He was the Chairman of the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid (1990-1994) during which he worked closely with African governments to coordinate UN policy to eradicate apartheid, thereby building trust and confidence with governments and policymakers in member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

At the global level, Ambassador Gambari was Under-Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (2005-2007). In that period, he also operated as UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Cyprus, Zimbabwe and Myanmar. On May 22, 2007, the Secretary-General entrusted him with the Good Offices Mandate on Myanmar. He was also appointed in 2007 by the Secretary-General as Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Iraq Compact and Other Issues, positions he held until 2009.

Before joining the United Nations, he served his country as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations (1990-1999). He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria (1984-1985) and worked closely with regional leaders, institutions and governments, particularly within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the economic and political development of the sub-region. Prior to this, he was the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.

As a scholar, Ambassador Gambari is the author of several books and scholarly articles. He began his teaching career as a Lecturer at the Queen’s College, City University of New York (1969-1974), followed by an Assistant Professorship at the State University of New York (1974-1977). Upon returning to Nigeria, he was appointed Senior Lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, (1977-1980), and rose to become an Associate Professor (Reader), (1980-1983) and subsequently full Professor at the same University (1983 –present–currently on leave of absence). Ambassador Gambari was a visiting Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University and Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 1986 to 1989. Ambassador Gambari was also a Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., as well as a Resident Scholar with the Rockefeller Foundation Centre in Bellagio, Italy.

A recipient of the third highest national honour, Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFR), Ambassador Gambari has also been awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) form the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut (2002) and Farleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey (2006). Others include: Honorary Doctorate of Public Service, Chatham University (May 2008) and Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt), University of Ibadan, Nigeria (November 2011). He has also received the Special Recognition for International Development and Diplomacy Award conferred by the Africa-America Institute (September 2007), the Distinguished (Foreign) Service Award by the Federal Government of Nigeria (April 2008), the International House Harry Edmonds Award for Lifetime Achievement, New York (May 2009) and the Campaign Against Genocide Medal by the Republic of Rwanda (July 2010).

Ambassador Gambari received South Africa’s highest national honour conferred on non-citizens, the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo, which was conferred to him personally by President Jacob Zuma on October 26, 2012. Professor Gambari was elected to the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars in 2002 and has since 2005 served as a member of the International Advisory Board of the Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance at Africa University, Zimbabwe. He was appointed as First Chancellor, Kwara State University in Nigeria, March 2013.

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The National Youths President of Ideani kingdom xrayed 9 ways to make group chat viable. Read below

*NINE THINGS THAT MAKE A CHAT GROUP ACTIVE:* (Group Etiquette)

1. *Always learn to appreaciate other people's posts, even if they are not your friend*
It makes them feel important and encouraged to come up with something more positive.

2. *Never run people down on the platform in a group chat*
You will cause them to withdraw and will never come up with their objective views on issues.

3. *When you see something you don't like from a member, inbox the person*
Don't attack him/her on the platform publicly

4. *Never insult or use unpleasant languages on members* You expose your uncultured manners and attitude to people and may turn the platform to combat ground.

5. *Be quick to say sorry and apologize when u have erred* It helps to bring down the tension which your utterances must have created.

6. *Don't try to enforce your ideas or suggestions on members* Nobody has monopoly of knowledge, allow majority conclusions to prevail on issues.

7. *Never settle scores with anybody on a general group chat*
will give others the opportunity to take sides, thereby causing others to withdraw.

8. *When anyone is celebrating, he/she may not need to be your friend before you celebrate with that person.*
It's the spirit of brotherliness

9. *Some have the gift of talking and others the gift of reading*
Learn to contribute to the group... Even if it is just using the symbol 👍... It makes people know that you appreciate the group.

*There are 3 types of posts you will always see on a group chat*

(A) *Offensive posts*.. Don't attack the person, it could be a mistake.

(B) *lnspirational/educative posts*
Commend the person.. Don't just read and keep quiet.

 (C) *Meaningless/wrongly uninformed posts*
Start by appreciating the writer, then correct the information, but don't hush  him up with condemnation.                                                            
*#Be kindly affectionate to one another* 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you all  for making the group buzzing, great and alive.

GOD BLESS US ALL, REMEMBER TO KEEP SAFE AND MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCE

National Youth President

Women are the greatest enemy to themselves... Read below:

Stop fighting the men, women are each other’s greatest enemies – Writer Grace

A Nigerian lady with the handle @Grace_undiluted on Twitter has claimed that women are their own enemies not the men.

To support her claim, the lady used the popular mother/daughter-in-law relationship as an example to explain how women are often the ones who try to tear each other down.

“A woman’s greatest enemy is not a man, not the devil, not poverty. The enemy of a woman is a woman. Have you ever seen a father in law dragging the front seat of his son’s car with his daughter-inlaw? No, it’s always the mother in law who is also a wife and a daughter inlaw and definitely won’t accept the same treatment from her own mother inlaw. she is a woman. “, she said.

“The side chick that is sleeping around with married men, knowing fully well that it is capable of destroying another woman’s home is a woman. If a marriage fails, the majority of people that will blame the wife, call her names for not keeping her home are women.”, she continued.

The lady went on to accuse women of being responsible for pushing negative standards in the society.

“The people pushing negative societal standards on women are women. If a man cheats, the people who blame the wife for not cooking great meals for him, respecting him, being sexually available for him at all times. Therefore blaming her for the misdeed of the man are women.”, she said.

She concluded her write up by advising women to stop fighting men as women are the ones pulling each other down.

“Stop fighting the men, women are the ones who are busy pulling each other down every day. Address the issue from the inside and teach women to support each other rather than tear each other down. Fix a sisters crown today.”, she wrote.

IDF NGO National President: Chief Col. A.C Mezue layed out ways for effective act of admins. Food for thought as reported by information manager: Prince Jonathan Izuchukwu who is the National Admin Secretary

*CHART GROUP RISK PREVENTION REPORT*

Few days ago, a chart group admin number was hacked, and the hackers removed the admin and made himself admin, thereby holding the group hostage, and individuals began to vamoos themselves from the group and the group chart collapsed alongside the hacker.

I then went on risk assessment of all the group chart I belong and I discovered that, some group has just *ONE*admin* this put the chart group in danger.

*Recommendations*

1. This chart group should have minimum of two admins

2. The additional admins must follow the two step security applications to avert being hacked

3. In the case where one admin is bieng hacked, the second admin should  remove the hacker immediately

4. To successfully achieve number 3 above, admins must always be on alert and ensure thier datas are on 24/7 with sufficient data plan subscriptions .

5. That number 1-4 innovations would  spread and avoid our risk and possibly counter any threat from criminal elements.

6. That the existing admin remains the lead Admin

The free will and her powerful effects by Engr. Edmund Mezue,: IDF NGO NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

FREE-WILL

Free-will is a gift for making free-decision/choice with one's inner being.
The inner being i.e. the core, essence or real self, is spirit. Spirit's origin is the Spiritual realm above the World of matter, so consideration for it's decision/choice while in  matter is beyond matter.
Free-will is inherent in the spirit alone, also inherent alone in the spirit are intuition and power of attraction. Both aid free-decision/choice. Consideration for free-decision is made with the intuition.

Decision/choice is free when the consideration for it is not limited to space and time. It is weighed with the intuition from the vibrations assailing the spirit before it is adopted. Intuition weighs within seconds because it is of the spirit. The power of attraction draws to the spirit whatever vibration assailing it that pleases it to weigh and decide/choose.
Responsibility follows any decision/choice adopted. Responsibility is accounting or answering for the outcome of a decision/choice. The laws of reciprocal action (sowing & reaping) and attraction of  homogeneous species enforce responsibility.

Spirits or spiritual beings are in the Spiritual realm immediately below the Divine realm in various planes of activities and also in the World of matter below the Spiritual realm as soul(i.e. spirit covered with substances of matter) and finally on Earth in the most coarse plane of the World of matter as Earthman(i.e. soul incarnated into the body of heavy gross matter called earthly body). The earthly body harbours the intellect.
The core of the soul and eventually the earthman is developing spirit that left the Spiritual realm as unconscious spirit-germ to experience in various planes of World of matter  for self-consciousness.
The World of matter was formed by certain species of substantiate servants of God called the Nature beings from the Substantiate realm immediately below the Spiritual realm on behest of the prime spiritual beings in the Spiritual realm.

Free-will is more pronounced or noticeable  the farther away the plane of experiencing of the spiritual beings is from the Divine realm, so also responsibility arising from a free-decision/choice.
Full responsibility sets in at the farthest plane of the World of matter when the spiritual love units with the generative power ennobling the natural instinct and permitting the developing spirit to unfold it's fullest power.
Generative power is ability of the earthly body to generate, propagate, originate and produce. It sets in when the moulding of the body in its function by the substantiate servants of God is at full bloom. At this stage all the functions of the body are at the fullest enabling the developing spirit that urges for full earthly experiencing to unite with it and emerge through the change in blood radiation for full activity and therewith becomes responsible for thoughts, words and actions. This stage is the beginning of adolescent called puberty.

Free-will brings about conditional swinging in the Will of God. The condition is that the spirit must freely decide/choose and determine the direction of its decision/choice. The decision/choice and it's direction of flow indicate the degree or the extent the spirit swings in the Will of God.
The condition of swinging becomes more noticeable the farther away  the plane of experiencing is from the Divine realm. The farther away also the more the possibility  of the free-will to become bound.

Divine beings in the Divine realm swing unconditionally in the Will of God. They do not have decision/choice of their own except as willed by God because they are in the immediate radiation of God.

Spiritual beings in the Spiritual realm with their free-will swing conditionally in the Will of God but unconditionally towards only that which is good because they are in the region of purity formed directly by the Holy Spirit in the word "Let there be Light". They are separated in planes by their roles.

Developing spiritual beings in the World of matter with their free-will swing conditionally in all ramifications in the Will of God. They could decide/choose that which does not align with the Will of God depending on how much they have developed & matured, and on the vibrations assailing them.

Developing spiritual beings on Earth with their free-will and intuition prescribe the direction the intellectual brain should guide thoughts and feelings in their conditional swinging in the Will of God.
If  the Earthman fails in his free-will & intuition  to prescribe direction for the intellect, the intellect would indicate and decree certain definite direction for thoughts and feelings. This would be dangerous since the intellect is material and so bound to space & time. But if this happens as has already for a long time, the free-will will cease to be free and become bound to matter. The consideration for decision/choice will be taken over by the intellect and limited to matter. Decision/choice could then tend towards that which is wrong and the spirit would gradually become dark & heavy and begin to develop propensity that will continue to influence it's free-decision/choice.
This is exactly what the Earthman has been suffering over ages. The free-will had long become bound-will. Consideration for decision/choice is now limited to what to eat & what to acquire just a little above that of the animals that is limited to choose with their instinct only what to eat & where to sleep in facilities around them.

Substantiate beings in substantiality i.e. in all the realms of Creation do not have free-will and so swing unconditionally in the Will of God  because substantiality is the mantle of God. As servants in the mantle they shape forms & smooth the path of development towards perfection. They are essential for creation and are too builders & administrators of the house of God.

MAY WE STRIVE TO BECOME INTUITIVE AS IS ORDAINED WE SHOULD, AND USE OUR FREE-WILL AS IS REQUIRED OF US FOR OUR ASCENT.

Mezue Edmund

Breaking Just in: Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR is the NEW Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR! See image.

Osinbajo is the current chairman of Short People Association of Nigeria – Governor El-Rufai jokes

Governor Nasir El-Rufai engaged in bants last night while reacting to a video shared on Twitter by popular comedian Teju Babyface.

In the short video from a 2010 interview with the comedian, Governor El-Rufai said he used to be secretary-general of the short people association. He also shared some challenges he had before getting over not being tall enough.

The Kaduna state Governor said in the interview;

“I used to be the secretary-general… at a point at my teenage years, in my early 20s I had big issues with my height because you know all the pretty girls turn out to be taller than me.

“But with time, I got over it. I managed to get a pretty and intelligent woman to marry who was an inch shorter than me.”

Reacting to a video of the interview after it was shared by Teju Babyface, Governor El-Rufai jokingly described Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the current chairman of the Nigerian Association of Short People.

He tweeted;

Yes.....I remember this @Tejubabyfacetv interview in 2010.....how time flies....HE VP Osinbajo is the current chairman of the Nigerian Association of Short People....so we are represented at the highest echelons of governance! Thanks Teju

The alamajiris capture and recapture process, Nigerians becareful. See why

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30 Northern youths hiding behind baskets of pepper inside trailer intercepted in Ogun

The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), on Monday, intercepted a truck loaded with 30 Northern youths, at Sango Ota area of the state.

The IVECO truck with registration number KANO XG 172 KNG was stopped for search by the operatives of the agency where it was discovered that 30 persons were hidden behind baskets of pepper.

The truck which was reported to have been covered with a tarpaulin but was turned back by the officials of the road management control manning the Joju junction in the town.

Tribune Online gathered that the truck with the 30 Northern youths was turned back and led to the tollgate between Ogun and Lagos states.

When contacted, TRACE Public Relations Officer, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the developement, saying the truck and its occupants were travelling to an unknown destination.

In Lagos, Over 1434 violators were arrested in Lagos. See why

Curfew: Police arrest 1,434 violators in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it arrested 1,434 alleged violators of the dusk-to-dawn curfew and persons who breached safety measures in one week.

It said 820 were arrested for violating curfew, 134 for not wearing face mask, 80 for flouting social distance rule and 208 held for interstate travels.

Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu gave these statistics yesterday while briefing reporters on efforts of security agencies at enforcing the lockdown relaxation orders aimed to prevent further spread of the novel Coronavirus disease, COVID-19.

According to Odumosu, 123 vehicles were impounded including 25 vehicles intercepted for interstate travelz, adding 332 motorcycles and 29 tricycles were also seized.

The police chief said the command also arrested 2,310 suspects for violating the total lockdown order when it was in place, adding that 2,185 of them were charged to court and 125 mostly under age offenders released.

“Our enforcement teams impounded 2,092 vehicles comprising 800 private and 1,292 commercial vehicles. We equally impounded 1,535 motorcycles and 369 tricycles.

“Among the arrests made during lockdown was that of 65 suspected cultists caught on April 29 around 2:05pm as a result of credible intelligence received by operatives of Area G and Oko Oba Division.

“They were arrested at 84, Park Hotel, Augusto Close, Oko Oba for holding a birthday party and consuming some substances suspected to be hard/illicit drugs. The suspects who are within the range of 16 to 45 years confessed to have left their various homes to the hotel in defiance to the stay at home order.

“Investigation revealed that 16 of the 65 suspects belonged to various cult groups. Three locally made pistols and two battle axes were recovered from Ibrahim Mubarak, a member of buccaneer confraternity. The suspects will be charged to court,” he said.

Its time to correct the deceivers by Comr. Arinze Okolobu

Correcting the Deceivers.

As a Realist I am, my nerves are always frayed when Deceivers use any means to assassinate innocent peoples personality. It is not in my lane to respond to critics online but rather I confront them with Corrections and Cautions to stand upright in their devious submissions.

In regards to the latest post by Eneh Chigozie, where he tried to paint my Political Icon, Sen Victor Umeh black with his forged lies against a Man who led APGA with discipline, it is noteworthy that all through his leadership days in APGA, no single human being has accused him of fraud before any competent court neither has he collected money from any party member to perpetuate irregularities against the party constitution.

The public should herein caution Eneh Chigozie to be realistic with his line of journalism than to always indulge in abstract journalism. The enemies Sen Victor Umeh had today with their online sponsors is because of his Principled ideologies in standing with Equity in all he does.

Watch all of those accusing Sen Victor Umeh negatively today and see that their lives are crooked and naive as they have done what they accused Sen Victor Umeh in their Community, Town Unions, Church, Clubs, Political Party, etc, people know them, these same set of people are those who call him Greedy person, and when you ask them why? they respond flimsily with murmur in folly.

Imagine a man they claimed to have been greedy is one who led the last gubernatorial campaign with transparency and without tampering  with campaign funds. This is a man who went to the Senate, and did not divert any single entitlement that belongs to the People, but delivered legacy projects to the Senatorial Zone which no other Senator has done in Anambra Central Senatorial Zone till date.

It is Sen Victor Umeh's pedigree with Equity is what Church leaders including the Laity till today still trust in his words, the same with the Town Union leaders and Ndi Igwe, the same with unions of Civil societies etc. It is his pedigree with Equity that made him to stand firm for the Rights of Igbos at the National Conference in 2014 without compromise, he rejected bribes, and did same at the Senate.

This same Sen Victor Umeh is who established an Education Foundation for over 12 years now,  which has produced successful Engineers, Doctors, Priests, Lecturers, Surveyors, Architects, Politicians , Lawyers, Nurses, Nuns, Technicians, Police, Civil Servants,  DSS , Bankers, Entrepreneurs etc. Just imagine!!! then how can a greedy person use his money to touch lives positively to this extent in the society?

It is high time people should start disengaging their brains from the flukes of these online ruse mongers who are fond of labelling innocent entities with oddities.

To my online friend Eneh, you are talented but on the wrong lane with your talents, channel your journalism to gain relevance to the heights of Femi Adeshina, Sowore, Amanze Obi, Chris Anyanwu,  Abba Dabbo etc instead of their your local die hard witch hunting journalism. These men don't have two heads, they have one head like you and they did not toe this lane of yours rather they were objective with the Reality in their Reportage. Kindly focus on other pertinent issues your fellow Journalists do envisage upon and leave my Political Icon alone. It is because of Sen Victor Umeh  and Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu that i still support APGA till today. If care is not taken, i may sue you personally for Character Assassination against my Political Icon

I have to stop here to mind the huge outstanding tasks before my table in the office as I resume officially today from the Covid-19 Vacation.

Arinze Okolobu
Writes from Awka