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By Jim Garamone – DOD News WASHINGTON — The Indo-Asia-Pacific region remains the most consequential area for America’s future, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command said here during the week. Navy Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. said at the Defense One Summit kickoff that he has told all in the region that the United States “is a Pacific nation and …

By Karen Parrish – DOD New WASHINGTON — America’s special operations forces are a potent part of the “Force of the Future,” Defense Secretary Ash Carter told reporters on in Florida on Thursday. Carter visited Hurlburt Field and Eglin Air Force Base as part of a four-day trip that also included stops in California and Texas. Both Florida installations are …

By Karen Parrish – DOD News WASHINGTON — As part of his travels to California, Texas and Florida, Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday visited Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas, where he spoke to reporters about “building the Force of the Future.” Building the future force “means recruiting. It means training. It means retaining. And it means taking care …

The Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday approved the construction of houses for former governors and their deputies which should not be more than N200m and N100m, respectively, in any location of their choice. The approval was sequel to the consideration of a bill for a law to amend the existing legislation on the Pension Rights of Governors and their …

By Alltimepost.com Benin City – No fewer than five officers of Edo State Police Command collapsed during the inauguration ceremony of the new governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in the state capital last Saturday. Investigation revealed that the officers involved had allegedly been on the parade ground standing for over six hours and …

By Alltimepost.com Benin, Edo State – A mild drama occurred at the Samuel Ogbamudia Stadium, Benin City venue of the inauguration ceremony of Governor Godwin Obaseki last weekend as a man who claimed to be a member of the advanced team of Imo State Governor, Mr. Rochas Okorocha was allegedly manhandled by policemen. The man almost got thrown off the …

Former Spokesperson of ex- President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode yesterday faulted what he termed, the antics of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the media to blackout the events that took place in the court of Justice Muslim Hassan on the 14ty November. According to him, the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, …

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has rejected the reported plans by the Federal Government to scrap the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Petroleum Products, Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, and other agencies in the oil and gas industry, saying it is unacceptable. NUPENG in a statement by its President, Igwe Achese …

A major fallout of the 2015 presidential election, specifically the defeat of Goodluck Jonathan by the incumbent president, Mohammadu Buhari, is the high level of bitterness it has engendered among a wide section of the Igbo people. I should say that the kind of commentaries through which this bitterness is expressed may not necessarily reflect the general position of the …

The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazau (retd.), said a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), on Monday declined an offer to visit his late father, Ibrahim Dasuki, in an Abuja hospital. Danbazau also said Sambo had declined another offer to be in Sokoto to mourn and bury his late father. The News Agency of Nigeria reported …