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The England Anglican Church has disclosed plans to ordain a Nigerian Gay Cleric, Jide Macaulay in June 2019.
Macaulay in an instagram post expressed delight about the honour.

“It is a delight to share this news, I am to be ordained Anglican Priest in the Church of England in June 2019.
“Wait on the Lord, be of Good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait I say, on the Lord” Psalm 27:14.”

Known for his advocacy about the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT), Macaulay was born into a family of clerics and has also founded House of Rainbow, Nigeria’s first house of worship catering to the LGBTQ community.

While the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has not responded to this development, the church has always rejected calls from western powers to ordain gay priests.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2019/03/anglican-church-to-ordain-nigerias-gay.html

The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Mohammed has sworn-in the remaining 13 members of the 2019 Election Petition Tribunals.

The members are Justices A.O. Onovo, R.O. Odugu, S.B. Belgore, T.A.O. Oyekan-Abullai, A.J. Coker, and E.I. Oritsejafor.
Others are Justices M.C. Okoh, O.S. Olusanya, C.A. Ononeze-Madu, P.U. Nnodum and J.C.L. Okibe.

The acting CJN encouraged the new members of the tribunal to be of good character and ensure everything they did was above board.

He said all eyes were on them with a view to seeing them dispense justice without a hint of partiality or favoritism.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2019/03/acting-cjn-swears-in-members-of.html

The organisers of the Enugu International Trade Fare are expecting that President Muhammadu Buhari will declare open the fair in April, 2018. The team which visited the Vanguard Newspaper yesterday, said that plans have been concluded to have the President attend the fair in person. The President of the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, ECCIMA, Mr. Emeka Udeze, said that the event with the theme: “Promoting and Enhancing Value Addition in the Oil and Non-Oil Sectors of the Economy for Robust Economic Growth and Development”, which is in its 30th edition, will start on Friday, 5th April and run through to Monday, 15th April, 2019 at the International Trade Fair Complex, Golf Course, G.R.A, Enugu.Speaking through the Vice President, Dr. Emma Nwankpa, he stated: “We are expecting that the Fair would be declared open by the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Chamber has made appreciable progress to ensure that the Fair is successful held to the satisfaction of all stakeholders. “
Let me emphasis here that even though we are passing through election and democratic transition in the country, yet we need to be upbeat about our economic affairs because the economy remains the centre piece of our survival, growth and development. “The 30th Enugu International Trade Fair would therefore provide the cleavages to gauge the economic outlook of our nation, the attendant associated risks and opportunities that would be inclined to the business environment/landscape to make informed business and investment decisions. “We are very hopeful that the 30th Enugu International Trade Fair would be a success, despite attendant challenges in the economic environment. Indeed, a number of strategies have been put in place by the Chamber towards ensuring that all Stakeholders realize meaningful outcome from participation in this Fair including a number of side attractions that would interest the Public. “We are particularly happy that we have been receiving streams of enquires and interest from corporate organizations and institutions declaring interest to participate in the 30th Enugu International Trade Fair.”

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2019/03/buhari-to-open-enugu-intl-trade-fair.html?m=1

Barely one week after 2019 Gubernatorial election in Nigeria, the good people of Imo state cannot wait to start cleaning up the state to show Ihedioha the Governor elect that they already to make Imo state great again. All the youth took to the street to destroy any banner they see that have anything to do with Rochas and his cohorts.

Watch the video: https://gistdeal..com/2019/03/impolite-took-to-streets-of-owerri-to.html?m=1

US prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into Facebook’s practice of sharing users’ data with companies without letting the social network’s members know, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
A grand jury in New York has subpoenaed information from at least two major smartphone makers about such arrangements with Facebook, according to the Times.
Regulators, investigators and elected officials around the world have already been digging into the data sharing practices of Facebook which has more than two billion users.

The social network’s handling of user data has been a flashpoint for controversy since it admitted last year that Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, used an app that may have hijacked the private details of 87 million users.
“It has already been reported that there are ongoing federal investigations, including by the Department of Justice,” a Facebook spokesman said in response to an AFP inquiry.

“As we’ve said before, we are cooperating with investigators and take those probes seriously. We’ve provided public testimony, answered questions, and pledged that we will continue to do so.”
Facebook has shared limited amounts of user data with smartphone makers and other outside partners to enable its services to work well on devices or with applications. Regulators, and now prosecutors, appear intent on determining whether this was done in ways that let users know what was happening and protected privacy.

The California-based social network has announced a series of moves to tighten handling of data, including eliminating most of its data-sharing partnerships with outside companies.
The focus of the grand jury probe was not clear, nor was when it started, according to the Times, which cited unnamed sources.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2019/03/breaking-facebook-faces-criminal-probe.html

French investigators have received the black boxes from the Boeing 737 MAX that crashed east of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board, France’s BEA airline safety agency said Thursday.
Ethiopian authorities had requested French help to analyse the content of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder to discover what caused the Ethiopian Airlines flight to plunge to the ground just minutes after takeoff on Sunday.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2019/03/french-investigators-receive-black.html

Committee of elders of Kano State has just been formed, chaired by Alhaji Aminu Dantata. Members are Aliko Dangote, Bashir Tofa, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Halliru Akilu.
Venue of the meeting is Emir's palace Kano. They are to call Buhari live, to tell him they will never allow Kano to be destroyed because of Ganduje.
Abba gida gida ( Abba Kabir Yusuf) is also invited to the meeting. This is happening now.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2019/03/breaking-news-kano-elders-forum-formed.html?m=1

SEVEN (7) DAYS TO GUBERNATORIAL AND HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN AKS, AKPABIO FINALLY DUMPED NSIMA

Barely seven (7) days prior to the Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in Nigeria, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, former Governor of Akwaibom State, former Senate minority leader and the outgoing Senator representing AkwaIbom State North west Senatorial District, has finally and Officially poured out his mind.

It could be recalled that the Senator Jumped ship for unknown reasons from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, to the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) and the apostasy was described Nationwide as UNCOMMON DEFECTION.

He contested to return to the Red Chamber in the just concluded National Assemblies elections under his new Party, APC platform where he experienced an unimaginable wide Margin defeat by his contender from the State ruling party, PDP, Engr. Christopher Ekpenyong aka UKARAKPA.

All other two Senatorial seats and 10 House of representatives seats (13/13) in Akwaibom State where incomparably floored by PDP which seemed to wield both the minds of other APC Candidates (Gubernatorial/House of Assembly) and supporters to a state of LOST.

Specifically, the weights of the thirteen over thirteen (13/13) exceptional defeat has inevitably generated wallops on the APC Gubernatorial candidate who held much sway to Senator Akpabio whom he regarded as the final decision maker in Akwaibom state.

Surprisingly, on seeing the handwriting on the wall and the tilting direction of power, Akpabio has finally come out and advised AkwaIbomites to vote for PDP at all levels. He confirmed that Akwaibom state is doing remarkably well in spite Political party difference with the Federal Government.

With reference to the video clip attached,
He said "I want to let you know that the idea of people telling you that you can not play opposition politics is STUPID"

He further explained that, there has never been a time where a party at the centre controls the 36 states of the federation, educating the people that, Akwaibom will still have it statutory federal positions like MINISTER etc, advising them to discard the APC ill-campaign talks of aligning with the party at the centre.

This declaration has put the state APC chapter in shambles and devastation which has led the APC Gubernatorial candidate seeking for federal might in the forth coming elections, thus, Buhari's Visit to Akwaibom, speculated to be today 4th March, 2019.

Watch the video: https://gistdeal..com/2019/03/akpabio-finally-dumped-nsima-supports.html?m=1

Demetra Nyx spent years hiding her periods from boyfriends and being extremely embarrassed every time she came on.
But when a change in her contraception meant she had to start keeping a closer eye on her cycle, she started to see things very differently.
She grew to love her time of the month, saying it's "beautiful and powerful", and wanted to share her new appreciation with woman around the world.
She started collecting her blood and one day had an "impulse" to smear it across her face and share photos online.
She said: "We hold so much shame in our bodies, and most of us do not realise it until we intentionally explore it. Our periods are an incredibly magical time of month that holds immense power, and our society keeps us away from that as much as possible.
"I am endlessly fascinated by my body and its patterns. Many people talk about the parts of the cycle being like the seasons, with the energy of ovulation being like summer, and the energy of menstruation being like winter. I think that's generally true, but I've also found it's very individual.
"Sharing pictures of blood on my face and body was just an impulse I was creating a series to help women connect with their menstrual cycle, and I thought it would be fun. We can also do things like paint with it or pour it into the earth. I believe it's a beautiful thing to get comfortable with touching your own blood.
"There is a tremendous amount of power in learning that we can experience pleasure from the parts of our bodies we deem in society as 'disgusting'. If we can love the unlovable, all of life opens up to us. We spend a lot of time learning to control our bodies; instead I believe in learning from our bodies.
"My blood to me has become fun, beautiful, and powerful, and playing with it brings me closer to myself." Demetra, who lives in Los Angeles and works as a sex coach, had her first period when she was 12.
Throughout her teens she was embarrassed about them and viewed them as "disgusting".
She would hide then from boyfriends and was always paranoid the blood would leak through her clothes or onto her sheets.
After having the IUD fitted when she was 20, Demetra's periods became extremely painful
It was hen she had it removed and went back to using condoms that she discovered her new love for her periods.
Demetra said: "My period was never painful before my IUD, so the pain didn't bother me during my teenage years. I was simultaneously embarrassed and fascinated by my period. I felt apologetic about it a lot and tried to hide it from boyfriends.
"Our society teaches us that periods are dirty and inconvenient. Ads about menstrual products talk about smelling 'fresh' or making us cleaner, implying that our bodies' natural functions are gross.
"Women who complain about cramps are seen as weak and pathetic, even sometimes by other women we're expected to suck it up and basically pretend it doesn't exist. In the US, we have a president who negatively described a woman as having 'blood coming out of her whatever.' It's a belief that's forced upon us.
"My work as a sex coach largely focuses on where we hold our stories in our bodies. What society taught us about ourselves, what we learned about being women, assaults we may have experienced, what we learned our bodies are capable of during sex."
For Demetra, her periods are still painful as she has some symptoms of endometriosis, but she says she finds a strength in loving her time of the month regardless of how it makes her feel.
Since sharing her images celebrating her period on Instagram , Demetra has received both positive and negative comments, with some people telling her she may as well be wiping poo on her face, something that only encourages her to keep posting honest pictures of her blood.
She said: "My energy levels vary by month, but usually I spend a lot of time resting and caring for my body and listening to what it needs, and sometimes I do rituals to honour my bleeding.
"Something I get a lot is women saying, 'I was so triggered by your period posts at first, but eventually I became inspired, and now I love my cycle too'. I receive a lot of DMs on Instagram of women with their blood all over themselves. They just don't feel as comfortable to share it publicly.
"A really common comment I get is, 'oh, you should just wipe poop all over your face then, it's the same thing'. I also heard from friends and family that it was 'weird' and 'disgusting', and some people didn't talk to me because of it.
"That encourages me to keep posting them if it wasn't having a necessary impact, people wouldn't be so bothered by it.
"I receive way more positive comments than negative. I think women are at a point where we really want to be able to love our bodies and bring these taboo topics out into the light. It amazes me how uncomfortable we are with sharing our full selves with the world, and I want to be a messenger for that."
Demetra also have a few words of advice for other women.
"I think it begins by recognising that our disgust towards our bodies is not innate it is a learned societal behaviour.
"Our bodies want to protect us, and when we learn that having a certain view might get us rejected socially, we do everything we can to prevent that from happening. But since it's learned, we can unlearn it.
"It can begin with just tracking your cycle or using a menstrual cup to collect your blood. No one has to put their blood on their face, though it's seemed pretty liberating for women who have."

See more photos: https://gistdeal..com/2019/02/woman-covers-her-face-in-period-blood.html

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is making a 60-hour journey to Vietnam - where he will meet Donald Trump - on board a bulletproof train dubbed the 'Kim Jong-un Express'.
The green train with yellow
 horizontal stripes was spotted crossing the Yalu river into
 China on Saturday night.

The one-of-a-kind luxury train is said to carry a small army of bodyguards and bulletproof cars that can usher the 'supreme leader' to safety if he is attacked.
It resembles the armoured transport his father, Kim Jong-il, used for lavish parties during trips to China or Russia - reportedly with lobster, cases of French wine and female entertainers known as 'lady conductors'.
The private train's specially-crafted carriages are reinforced with a coat of armour and have tinted windows to hide those on board.
No
-one knew how Kim intended to make the journey to Hanoi for his
 second peace summit with the US president - on Wednesday and Thursday - until the
 train rumbled over the border bridge into China.
Along the way, it would have passed small villages where Kim's people are living in poverty and squalor.
Photos released by North Korean state media show Kim standing in a carriage door and waving shortly before the train left the capital Pyongyang.
He's opted to travel about 60 hours by rail instead of taking a four-hour flight.
The train - which has 21 carriages equipped with all-white conference rooms, dining cars and sleeping quarters - was later pictured at a station in the border city of Dandong, China.
Some carriages are decorated with pink leather chairs,
 big-screen TVs and ivory-coloured curtains in
 the windows.
The train also has satellite phone connections so Kim can
 keep abreast of developments and issue orders, according to
state television.
One carriage contains his bulletproof Mercedes-Benz car.
Ahn Byung-min, a
 senior analyst at South Korea's government-funded Korea
 Transport Institute, told Reuters: "His private train for sure has a luxurious interior and
 good-quality facilities, but it also can travel safely in China,
 with pretty good rail tracks there."
If Kim makes the entire journey by rail, the train will travel a vast distance across China before arriving in Hanoi after about two-and-a-half days.
It is possible Kim and his large security detail could stop on the way, possibly in Beijing, and complete the rest of the journey by air.
The train can travel at 50mph on China's rail network, compared with a maximum of about 28mph on North Korea's system, said Ahn.
Last year, Kim and his wife Ri Sol-ju used the train to make an unofficial visit to Beijing, where they were pictured on board with other officials and waving from an open window.
Kim is using the train to make peace with Trump, but he has used the train to prepare for war in the past.
In 2016, state media showed him arriving back in Pyongyang 
to a red-carpet celebration 
from a satellite launching station in Sohae, after the
 successful testing of a long-range rocket that the US said was an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Kim has since pledged to dismantle missile engine-testing and launch facilities at the Sohae site.
Trains have become part of the Kim family lore - and accounts from former passengers and South Korean news reports have revealed some of their secrets.
Its carriages have been customised to include conference rooms, bedrooms, a dining car, an office car and reception facilities, and are kitted out with flat-screen televisions, computers and satellite phones.
According to South Korean media, the leader has about 90 fortified carriages at its disposal.
Three trains were used when Kim's father made long-distance journeys. He travelled in the middle train, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported in 2009.
The first train carried about 100 security personnel who searched stations further ahead for bombs and tested track safety to make sure the rails weren't sabotaged.
The train following behind the late leader's carriage carried more bodyguards and supplies.
The travelling entourage would be accompanied on trips within North Korea by military helicopters and planes to look for potential threats.
It was claimed the elder Kim - who died on a train in 2011 - would throw lavish parties complete with bouts of heavy drinking, expensive food, karaoke and musical performances on his journeys.
Konstantin Pulikovsky, a Russian official who travelled with Kim Jong-il through Russia for three weeks in 2001, once told how guests on board the train could order dishes of Russian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and French cuisine, the New York Times reported.
He said the leader had live lobster and other fresh delicacies delivered to the train as it crossed Siberia, and cases of Bordeaux and Burgundy wines were flown in from Paris, said Pulikovsky, wrote about the experience in his memoir of the trip.
Barbecued pork was said to be among the dishes served to passengers.
Kim Jong-il would be entertained by female entertainers, known as 'lady conductors', who sang in Korean and Russian when he was bored.
Some 20 stations had been built specifically for Kim Jong-il's own use in North Korea before he was said to have died of a heart attack on board his train in December 2011.
A replica of one of the carriages is displayed at the grand mausoleum where Kim Jong-il and his father and North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung, who also travelled by train, rest in state.
There were claims an explosion involving trains near the Chinese border in 2004 was part of a failed assassination plot on the elder Kim, who had passed by hours earlier.
There have been just fleeting glimpses of the train's interior in North Korean state media reports.

Kim Jong-il, who hated flying and led a playboy lifestyle, was once seen in a dining car surrounded by food as he was served by staff and entertained by well-dressed performers.
He was said to have made more than a dozen foreign trips to China and Russia.
South Korean and American intelligence services have been spying on the train for years, using satellites, reconnaissance aircraft and other surveillance equipment, it was reported.
North Korea's founding leader, Kim Il-sung, the current leader's
 grandfather, travelled abroad by train regularly during his rule
 until his death in 1994.
His train journeys included a trip to Vietnam in 1958 when
 he transferred in Beijing to a plane, and travel to Eastern
Europe in 1984 via the Soviet Union.

See more photos: https://gistdeal..com/2019/02/see-north-korean-leaders-kim-jong.html

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane's house was burgled while he was playing in the Champions League last-16 tie against Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
Items including watches, mobile phones and car keys were stolen.
The incident happened at Mane's house in Allerton, south Liverpool between 18:00 and 23:45 GMT - while the 26-year-old was at Anfield. No-one was in the property at the time.
Forensic examinations are under way and a police investigation is ongoing.
Detective Inspector Phil Mahon, of Merseyside Police, said: "We are appealing for anyone with information in relation to this burglary to please come forward and assist our inquiries.
"While the occupants were not present at the time of the incident this will no doubt be a distressing experience for them and I would ask the offenders to do the right thing and return the stolen items to the owner in any way possible.
"We know the watches in particular are of significant monetary value and I would also like to appeal to anyone who might have been offered the items for sale since the burglary to contact police."
Senegal international Mane was burgled in November 2017 while he was at Anfield for a Champions League game against Maribor.
A gang was thought to have broken into his home first before smashing a patio door at the nearby address of team-mate Dejan Lovren before they fled when a woman shouted she was calling the police.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2019/02/mane-liverpool-forwards-house-burgled.html?m=1

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane's house was burgled while he was playing in the Champions League last-16 tie against Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
Items including watches, mobile phones and car keys were stolen.
The incident happened at Mane's house in Allerton, south Liverpool between 18:00 and 23:45 GMT - while the 26-year-old was at Anfield. No-one was in the property at the time.
Forensic examinations are under way and a police investigation is ongoing.
Detective Inspector Phil Mahon, of Merseyside Police, said: "We are appealing for anyone with information in relation to this burglary to please come forward and assist our inquiries.
"While the occupants were not present at the time of the incident this will no doubt be a distressing experience for them and I would ask the offenders to do the right thing and return the stolen items to the owner in any way possible.
"We know the watches in particular are of significant monetary value and I would also like to appeal to anyone who might have been offered the items for sale since the burglary to contact police."
Senegal international Mane was burgled in November 2017 while he was at Anfield for a Champions League game against Maribor.
A gang was thought to have broken into his home first before smashing a patio door at the nearby address of team-mate Dejan Lovren before they fled when a woman shouted she was calling the police.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2019/02/mane-liverpool-forwards-house-burgled.html?m=1

It was revealed by the High Commissioner that between 2018 and 2019, 723 Nigerians have been sent back to Nigeria on the basis of alleged cybercrime and prostitution.
Michael Abikoye, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, has described the deportation of Nigerians by the Ghana Immigration Service as an "improper act".
He stated this at a meeting with the Comptroller-General of the GIS, Kwame Takyi, in Ghana, according to NAN.
The Nigerian ambassador said the deportation could strain the brotherly relationship both countries share.
It was revealed by the High Commissioner that between 2018 and 2019, 723 Nigerians have been sent back to Nigeria on the basis of alleged cybercrime and prostitution.
Abikoye said in January, 81 Nigerians were returned home for alleged cybercrime and illegal stay, while 115 were deported on the allegation of overstay and prostitution.
He said: "Although the GIS had linked prostitution and cybercrime as some of the reasons for the deportation, it is improper to deport Nigerians for alleged illegal stay in Ghana.
“There are several Ghanaians living in Nigeria and the Nigeria Immigration Service has never deported any of them on the grounds of illegal stay, because of the brotherliness between our countries."
Abikoye warned that any maltreatment of Nigerians will not be tolerated by the Nigerian government.
The ambassador gave the CG a copy of the mission’s record which shows the deportation of Nigerians from January 2018 till date.
In his remarks, Takyi said GIS had no choice but to act because of the behaviour of some Nigerians in Ghana.
Takyi claimed that “some Nigerians had become laws in themselves; they block major Ghanaian streets where they drink, fight and stab one another.”
“This unruly behaviour which contravenes the local laws in Ghana has led to directives from higher authorities for the arrests and eventual deportation of those who do not have the requisite immigration papers," he added.

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A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, Tuesday sacked Prince Lawrence Eze as the Enugu East Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The court presided over by Justice Ibrahim Buba held that Eze was not properly nominated.
Justice Buba held that it was a case of ‘monkey dey work, baboon the chop'

Source:https://gistdeal..com/2019/02/federal-high-court-sacks-apc-senatorial.html?m=1

According to reports, some hoodlums who were allegedly hired to assassinate the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, have been apprehended.
It was gathered that the thugs were nabbed over the weekend in Alor community in Anambra state (the minister’s hometown) following the elections which was postponed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by one week.
The suspects have since been transferred from Alor community to the state CID for further interrogation.

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No fewer than 11 persons have been confirmed dead after suspected members of the Boko Haram sect attacked a mosque in Kushari village in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, today Saturday, February 16th.




The commissioner of police in the state, Damian Chukwu, who confirmed the incident, said two suicide bombers accompanied by a gunman infiltrated the mosque.
Source: https://gistdeal..com/2019/02/breaking-boko-haram-attacks-maiduguri.html?m=1

PROFESSOR KINGSLEY MOGHALU
CURRICULUM VITAE

SUMMARY

QUALIFICATIONS
o PhD International Relations – London School of Economics and Political Science
o MA International Relations – The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
o BL Barrister at Law – Nigerian Law School
o LLB Bachelor of Law - University of Nigeria, Nsukka
o International Certificate in Risk Management – Institute of Risk Management, UK

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
o Macroeconomics and Financial Sector Management – International Monetary Fund Institute, Vienna
o Leading Economic Growth – Harvard Kennedy School of Government
o Global Strategic Leadership – The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
o The Strategy Challenge – IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland
o Making Corporate Boards More Effective – Harvard Business School

PUBLICATIONS
o Several published books including:
o Build, Innovate and Grow: My Vision for Our Country (Ibadan: Bookcraft Africa, 2018)
o Bretton Woods: The Next 70 Years (co-author) (New York: Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee, 2015)
o Emerging Africa: How the Global Economy’s Last Frontier Can Prosper and Matter (Penguin Books, 2014)
o Banking on Reform: Financial Stability in a Post-Crisis World (forthcoming)
o Over 200 articles in leading journals and newspapers including Financial Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Central Banking Journal and the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS
o Regular guest lecturer and international keynote speaker
o He has lectured at the University of Oxford, LSE, Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania
o He has Keynoted at forums including Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, South African Reserve Bank, Commerzbank, WIPO Ministerial Conference 2015, National Asset-Liability Management (Europe) Conference, Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, Africa CEO Forum, World Affairs Council of Washington DC
o He is a frequent commentator on CNN TV, BBC World TV, Bloomberg TV, and CNBC

DISTINCTIONS
o Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), Nigerian national honour conferred by the President of Nigeria
o Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (FCIB)
o Rotary International Distinguished Service Award
o Numerous other awards and distinctions

MEMBERSHIPS
o American Economic Association
o Institute of Risk Management (UK)
o Global Association of Risk Professionals
o Academy of International Business
o American Bar Association
o Nigerian Bar Association

PHILATHROPY
o Founder, the Isaac Moghalu Foundation (IMoF) – education, human capital and social entrepreneurship-focused foundation in Nigeria

PERSONAL
o Nationality: Nigerian
o D.O.B: 7 May, 1963
o Married, 4 children

DETAILS

Transformational leader, Professor of economic policy and international business at top U.S. graduate school of international affairs and Founder/CEO of a global private sector strategy firm, with business and risk advisory credentials, and a strong foundation of central banking, banking reform, international diplomatic service, global funds, government-advisory, law, finance, economic policy and development.

INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION FOUNDER & PRESIDENT – ABUJA: 2017 TILL DATE

o Head of think and do-tank focused on policy development on inclusive economic growth, leadership and governance in developing countries and emerging markets.

TUFTS UNIVERSITY – THE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY DISTINGUISHED NON-RESIDENT FELLOW – BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA 2017 – DATE

TUFTS UNIVERSITY – THE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY: PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY – BOSTON 2015 - 2017

o Appointed a full professor on track record of global career leadership distinction, scholarship, and policy influence.
o Taught the Economics and International Business (EIB) course: “Emerging Africa in the World Economy”.
o The course examined continental emerging market from the perspective of economic strategy and development, public policy and business environments, finance, foreign investment, innovation, entrepreneurship, and the comparative strategy, public policy and business environment of Asian economies.
o Led research in The Fletcher School’s Institute for Business in the Global Context (IBGC).
o Senior Fellow, Council on Emerging Markets Enterprises, The Fletcher School.

CENTRAL BANKING JOURNAL CONTRIBUTORY EDITOR – LONDON: 2016 TILL DATE
EDITOR/COLUMNIST ON CENTRAL BANKING FOR THE WORLD’S LEADING POLICY JOURNAL OF CENTRAL BANKING

OFFICIAL MONETARY AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FORUM (OMFIF) SENIOR ADVISOR AND MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD – LONDON: 2014 TILL DATE

o Adviser, speaker and commentator to global network and think tank of economic and monetary policy experts, central banks, global asset management firms and other institutional investors.

SOGATO STRATEGIES S.A./LLC – RISK MANAGEMENT, GLOBAL INVESTOR STRATEGY ADVISORY
CEO – GENEVA/WASHINGTON DC: 2009 – 2017

o Established Sogato as a respected emerging market advisory firm encompassing business entry, expansion and risk strategy, legal and regulatory frameworks, corporate governance and macro-economic research.
o Successfully established and operated a ‘Societe Anonyme’ business in Switzerland and led a small global advisory team, leveraging referrals from professional contacts.
o Business dormant whilst engaged with Central Bank of Nigeria, now reactivated.
o Won ‘blue-chip’ mandates within 2 months of launching the business, including names such as Syngenta, UBS Wealth Management and the Government of Nigeria.
o Provided macroeconomic outlook and advisory services to several of the world’s leading asset management and private equity firms – Goldman Sachs, Actis, TPG, Eaton Vance and others.

COOKE ROBOTHAM LLP – INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM
PARTNER, WASHINGTON DC: 2015 – 2016

o Member of leadership team, driving global strategy development and expansion in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean for international law firm focusing on commercial, economic/financial law, corporate governance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and sovereign representation.

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA – T/O $30BN MONETARY AUTHORITY AND BANKING REGULATOR
DEPUTY GOVERNOR – FINANCIAL SYSTEM STABILITY, NIGERIA: 2009 – 2014

o Head hunted to stabilize and lead far-reaching reforms of the Nigerian banking system, following the global financial crisis.
o Also served as Deputy Governor (Operations) and led strategy for national government banking policy, currency operations, external reserves management and payment systems reforms.
o Later returned to lead the Financial System Stability Directorate of the Central Bank of Nigeria, with oversight of systemic risk management in the financial sector and continuing development of reforms.

o Led the regulation of 24 banks with assets of $15bn, plus 57 subsidiaries in 31 countries.
o Built regulatory frameworks for 5 development banks across Agriculture, Industry, Mortgage, Import / Export & Infrastructure sectors; supervised 84 mortgage institutions, 900 microfinance banks and 3000 ‘bureaux de change’.
o Developed financial consumer protection framework.
o Introduced a new banking model, ring-fencing depositors’ funds from speculative trading.
o Introduced new governance & risk protocols and regulations for capital adequacy & liquidity ratios.
o Achieved price stability with single-digit inflation & tighter monetary policy.
o Introduced Quantitative Easing through innovative development finance interventions post-crisis, injecting liquidity and credit to stabilise the economy.
o Led the Bank’s development finance policy and initiatives to support SMEs, energy sector, and agricultural finance.
o Supervised the investment management of Nigeria’s external reserves by asset management firms.
o Drove payment reforms, accelerating mobile and ‘cashless’ banking within the financial system.
o Led reform committee for the revitalization of the capital market.
o Drove corporate governance and organisational strategy as board member of the Central Bank and as NED or Chairman of boards of Securities and Exchange Commission, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, and the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank.

UNITED NATIONS: 1992 - 2008

MEMBER, REDESIGN PANEL ON THE UN INTERNAL JUSTICE SYSTEM – NEW YORK: 2006

o Blue-ribbon management reform panel appointed by UN Secretary General.
o On special assignment at the level of Under-Secretary-General, developed improved, comprehensive compliance, accountability regulatory and dispute resolution mechanism as a core part of UN organisational transformation.

GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TB AND MALARIA – GENEVA T/O $20BN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE FUND

DIRECTOR, HEAD OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS & RESOURCE MOBILISATION: 2002 – 2008

o Was head hunted to a new role, to raise funds and build public-private partnerships to combat epidemics of AIDS, TB and Malaria in Africa, Asia, Latam & the Middle-East.
o Designed risk management framework for the management of the $20bn Global Fund’s assets, social investments, resource mobilisation and partnership activities.
o Negotiated innovative $300m sovereign debt-for-health swap between donor countries such as Germany and developing nations such as Indonesia, Kenya and Peru.
o Created and established strategic, multi-sector partnerships to support the Global Fund, such as Friends of the Global Fund, Africa and South Asia.
o Influenced G-8 policymakers at the Evian Summit in 2003 to pledge $1.2bn to the Fund
o Led high impact road shows on the Fund’s work to US Congress, UK Parliament, private sector and the Ambassadors of the 5 UN regional groups of countries.

LEGAL ADVISOR & SPOKESMAN – INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA – TANZANIA: 1997 - 2002

o Posted to bring the architects of the Rwanda genocide to justice.
o Negotiated legal cooperation agreements between the International Tribunal and UN member countries for the investigation, arrest and handover of high-level suspects.
o Communicated the Tribunal’s achievements via CNN, BBC and other global media.

POLITICAL ADVISOR TO HEAD OF MISSION – UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION – CROATIA: 1996 - 1997

o Assigned to stabilise the Serb-held areas of Croatia (Eastern Slavonia) after the wars of the FYR, organising the return of Croat refugees and organising UN-supervised elections.
o Built a comprehensive strategic roadmap for the UN mission, preparing for and supervising elections in the Eastern Slavonia part of Croatia.
o Negotiated a breakthrough to the stalemate between Serbs and Croats on the Electoral Commission, leading to peaceful and successful elections.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS OFFICER – PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS – AFRICA DIVISION – NEW-YORK: 1993 - 1996

o Political analysis of conflicts in the UN’s remit, with reports for the UN Security Council.
o Participation in Secretary General’s Special Missions to Somalia, Angola and Rwanda.

HUMAN RIGHTS OFfiCER – UN TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITY – CAMBODIA – PHNOM PENH: 1992 - 1993

o Investigation of human rights abuses and instilling of human rights to the establishment.
o Leading role as Electoral Officer, supporting transition to local national government.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, SOUTH MAGAZINE (LONDON, UK), NORTH-SOUTH NEWS SERVICE (USA), AFRICA NEWS SERVICE (USA), AFRIKA VERLAG (GERMANY): 1989 - 1991

NEWSWATCH COMMUNICATIONS – PRINT MEDIA
GENERAL COUNSEL – LAGOS: 1988 - 1991

SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NIGERIA
LEGAL OFFICER (NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE SCHEME - POSTING): 1987 - 1988

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The Lagos State Government has announced that there will not be any road closures ahead of President Muhammadu Bahari visit to the state on Saturday.
Commissioner for Transportation in the state, Mr Ladi Lawanson, said this on Friday.
According to him, there will no disruption of normal activities. He, however, urged residents who do not have any business at the Teslim Balogun Stadium axis of the stadium to stay away from the area.
President Muhammadu Buhari is visiting the state as part of his re-election campaign and will hold a campaign rally in the stadium on Saturday.
The state government had initially announced on Wednesday that some routes will either be fully or partially closed and urged residents to take alternative routes.
Source: https://gistdeal..com/2019/02/breaking-roads-wont-be-closed-for.html?m=1

Families and communities love to haul out their ornaments, lights, wreaths, inflatables and treasured objects for Christmas. It's a ritual, and these items, whether sacred or secular, are familiar and soothing.
But have you ever wondered what kinds of Christmas decorations people in other places display?
It turns out dazzling (or even gaudy) lights, nativity scenes and Santa statuary are pretty common whether you travel to the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa or beyond.
However, local customs and traditions still have their place in the Christmas decorations people put up in destinations around the world.
In one city in the Philippines, they love to display colorful, giant spinning lanterns called parols.
In Sweden, you may see native moose set up in lights.
In the United States, all types of regional interests show up in holiday decorations, such as Western-themed displays in New Mexico.
And did you know Christmas is celebrated by millions in places such as India, Kenya and Egypt?
And it's not just homes that get the holiday treatment. Parks, public squares, stores and even buses are decked out with all things Christmas.
Take a look at our gallery above and see all the ways people decorate this time of year.

See more photos: https://gistdeal..com/2018/12/christmas-decorations-around-world.html

The UK monarch has remained carefully and deliberately neutral on all political matters in her 66 years on the throne.
But in her Christmas message this year, three months before Britain is due to leave the European Union amid deep political divisions, Queen Elizabeth II appeals for people to show more respect to those with opposing views.
"Even with the most deeply held differences, treating the other person with respect and as a fellow human being is always a good first step towards greater understanding," the Queen will say.
In excerpts of her televised address released by Buckingham Palace on Monday, the 92-year-old also argues that the Christian message of "peace on earth and goodwill to all" is timeless, and "needed as much as ever."
While the Queen never wavers from her politically neutral stance -- she does not mention Brexit directly -- her message ends a year in which the divisions over the issue have widened.
It also comes at a time when national populists surge across Europe and as US President Donald Trump continues to sow division for political gain.

Queen Elizabeth II poses for a photo after she recorded her annual Christmas Day message, in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in London, United Kingdom.
The message features Queen Elizabeth II sitting at a desk in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, with a black-and-white photograph of her, Prince Philip and Prince Charles as a baby.
She appears in an ivory silk dress designed by Angela Kelly and a yellow gold brooch with carved ruby and diamond embellishments designed by Andrew Grima -- which was a gift from The Duke of Edinburgh in 1966.
The monarch also will talk about how "faith, family and friendship" have been a "source of personal comfort and reassurance" through the "many changes" she has seen over the years.
In last year's address, Queen Elizabeth II paid tribute to the victims of the Manchester terror attack and the Grenfell Tower fire in London.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2018/12/queen-elizabeth-ii-calls-for-unity.html

You cannot take it away that Onitsha main market in Anambra state reamain the largest and the busiest market in West Africa if not beyond.
the below pictures entails more:

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Enugu State Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Hon Justice Centus Nweze of the Supreme Court of Nig, Ebonyi State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Alloy Nwankwo, others today celebrated Mass wit members of d Enugu State Judiciary to inaugurate their 2018/2019 Legal Year @ Holy Ghost Cathedral,Enugu

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2018/11/enugu-state-judiciary-to-inaugurate.html

The convoy arriving Garriki axis of Agbani road after blessings from former old Anambra state governor, Chief Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo

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Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has raised an alarm over what he described as a fake court order.
The governor on Thursday alleged that the fake court order was used to remove Uche Nwosu’s name as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
He also added that a purported court injunction served on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish Hope Uzodinma’s name as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state is fake and has no authenticity from any court or judge in Nigeria.
“Information reaching me shows that a fake court order was used in removing the name of the candidate of APC in Imo State which is Nwosu. That report seems to be very authentic and that is what INEC may have relied on to do what they did.
“This is because as at day in the morning till around 2:00 p.m., Uche Nwosu’s name was still there to be published in line with the two court orders supporting his candidature.”
He, therefore, called on both the leadership of the party and INEC to explain the reasons for the alleged deliberate attempt behind the removal of Uche Nwosu’s name as the governorship candidate of APC in Imo State.
The governor has had a running battle with the party’s chairman is challenging the party and the INEC on the authenticity of the court order that informed INEC’s decision to publish Senator Hope Uzodinma’s name as the party’s governorship candidate in Imo State.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2018/11/okorocha-raises-alarm-over-alleged-fake.html

The court held that the maximum sentence of 14 years for the counts was excessive especially because the appellant is a first-time offender

Justice Stephen Adah who read the unanimous judgment of the three-man panel also quashed the sentence in count 12.

According to the panel, the lower court which had earlier found Dariye not guilty for the charge should not have sentenced him on the charge.

The court also quashed count 23 because the persecution did not prove beyond reasonable doubt that the former governor diverted the funds of the state to purchase a house in London.

The court, therefore, reduced the sentences to 10 years for each count which is to run concurrently.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2018/11/appeal-court-reduces-dariyes-sentence.html

The maiden edition of Bet9ja Football League in Enugu State on Monday kicked off at the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC) temporary stadium.
The league is organised in collaboration with the Enugu State Football Association in four different venues in the state.
UNEC hosts Group A with Group B to battle at Emene while Group C and D will battle it out in Nsukka and Awgu Local Government Areas of the state respectively.

It was a thrilling and exciting game of the opening match at the UNEC Stadium with Coal Camp FC thrashing Real Madrid of 9th Mile 5-1.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2018/11/bet9ja-football-league-debut-in-enugu.html

Gloria Orji-Emodi spent a day wit a gateman who earns jst N15,000 monthly. Providin 4his family, his painful story is like many who are seriously suffering in #Nigeria.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the list of governorship candidates in Imo State, conspicuously omitting the name of the candidate representing the ruling All Progressives Congress.

In the list published today at its Owerri office, the electoral body had 67 governorship candidates and their respective running mates.
Some of those who made the list are the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha (PDP), Senator Ifeanyi Ararume (APGA), Honorable Tony Nwulu (UPP), Linus Okorie (YPP) among others.

The development comes one day after a Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, the state capital issued an interim injunction restraining the APC and INEC from substituting or publishing any name other than those of winners of the October 6 primaries.

There have been controversies as to who would be the governorship candidate of the party in the 2019 election.
While the state governor, Rochas Okorocha had declared his son in-law, Uche Nwosu, winner of the party primary held on October 6th, the National Working Committeee of the party chose declared Senator Hope Uzodinma winner of the October 1st party primary which allegedly did not hold in the state.

Source: https://gistdeal..com/2018/11/inec-publishes-names-of-imo.html