President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, asked his Ministers to arrange any requests to have a meeting with him through his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. The President made this known on Tuesday, while addressing ministers, aides and other top appointees at the first-year ministerial performance review retreat, in Abuja. Buhari also said all Federal
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A rights group, Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders’ Foundation (HURIDE) has called on the new Chief of Staff (COS) to President Muhammdu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari to shame his critics by his sterling performance of uniting the country. The group charged him to leave a legacy in his new office as a diplomat
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ENTER THE PRESIDENT’S NEW CHIEF OF STAFF 200 years ago the Aare Kakanfo of the ancient Oyo Empire and the self-proclaimed Oba of Ilorin, Aare Afonja, rebelled against the Alaafin of Oyo and entered into a military alliance with a Fulani advisor, sorcerer and mercenary by the name of Alimi. Predictably Alimi betrayed him and
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Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR, born on November 24, 1944, in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria is a Nigerian scholar-diplomat. He 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 policymakers as well as institutions in the continent to develop the
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