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Great power competition doesn’t necessarily mean great power conflict, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said yesterday, but it could lead to that if the U.S. doesn’t have a strong military. The four military service chiefs were at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, where they addressed the challenges of facing high-end competitors such as Russia …

As the Defense Department moves forward in implementation of its cybersecurity maturity model certification, small suppliers to the department won’t be left behind, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment said yesterday. “The cybersecurity maturity model certification is generically what ISO standards are for quality,” Ellen Lord said at the Ronald Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California. “Right …

…Says Diaspora Commission established to harness Diaspora contribution to economic growth  Nigerians in the Diaspora can contribute more to the growth of the nation’s economy and other sectors through the sharing of ideas and investment opportunities with relevant agencies of government, according to the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.Speaking during a meeting on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with …

Late Mrs. Alice Emwinromwankhoe Efionayi, nee Odobo, the grandmother- in-law of Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, (a renowned human rights/pro-democracy activist, serial writer,) and the Nigerian Bureau Chief of Alltimepost.com, has been buried in Benin City. The body of the late Alice Efionayi, Matriarch of the Efionayi Nowansaye Ilekhuoba family of Oluku community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo …

By Tony Abolo Years after however, what do we see of the NDDC? Nothing but wild and wide scale “rape” of the taxed income that ever came into the coffers of the Commission; over inflated and over invoiced contracts, large scale corruption by “insiders,” staff and Management as well as by politicians of all hues and third rate projects. There …

A U.S lawmaker, Robert Menendez, on Friday condemned the harassment and rearrest of the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, by officials of the State Security Service. Mr Menendez is the ranking member (most senior Democrat) of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the United States. The SSS on Friday rearrested Mr Sowore on the premises of the Federal …

When a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, wrote his successor, requesting N10 million monthly upkeep, in addition to his monthly pension as former governor, it generated furore across the country. In the October 17 letter, Mr Yari told the incumbent governor, Bello Matawalle, that he had not enjoyed the N10 million “upkeep allowance” since July. The former governor …

Popular evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke, is dead. His death was announced in a statement signed by his wife, Anni Bonnke. The statement was shared on Evangelist Bonnke’s verified Facebook page on Saturday. In the statement, Anni said, “Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ. It is with sorrow that the Bonnke Family would like to announce the passing of our beloved husband, …

As the case of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore gets messier, intandem with allegations of violation of law and order by the Department of State Service, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, on Saturday wrote to the United States President Mr Donald Trump to intervene. The group’s letter was precipitated by the alleged invasion of courtroom …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has applauded the move by The Guardian, a respected United Kingdom (UK) daily newspaper, calling for records of artworks originating from the Benin Kingdom held in private collections across the UK, noting that the move will strengthen efforts on the return of the artworks to Nigeria. Governor Obaseki and the Royal Court of Benin Kingdom …