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A new Commander has been appointed for the 33 Brigade, Shadawanka Military Cantonment Bauchi. He is Brigadier General  Timothy Olowomeye. He took over from his predecessor, Brigadier General Abraham Dusu  who has been redeployed to the Nigerian Army School of Artillery Kachia, Kaduna State. Brigadier General Olowomeye is a very seasoned Senior Military  Officer who […]

The Board of Trustees, Members of the Advisory Council and staff of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) wish to commiserate with Nigerians on the death of an erudite scholar, a selfless personality and brilliant political scientist, Prof. Abubakar Momoh, who was a Member of our Advisory Council […]

Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday appealed to youths to stop wishing death for elder statesmen as their experiences and wisdom are still essential. Obasanjo made the appeal during the Youth Governance Dialogue organised by the Youth Development Centre arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library(OOPL), Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. He observed […]

Nigeria’s Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that before he was appointed a commissioner in Lagos State, he had never met All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Bola Tinubu. Osinbajo was appointed Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State during Tinubu’s administration. The acting president made the revelation while speaking at the Lagos@50 […]

Three Nigerian were on Friday sentenced to 235 years imprisonment by a Mississippi court after making tens of millions of dollars from fraud.  The men were accused of scamming unsuspecting ladies they meet via dating sites with promises of marriage. The men – Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was sentenced to 95 years in prison; Rasaq […]

More than 40 women from different Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Borno State have benefited from the recently concluded Nigerian Air Force (NAF) one-week free cancer screening exercise. The exercise was held at the newly established NAF Cancer Screening Centre at 109 Composite Group in Maiduguri from 16th to 20th May 2017.  According to […]

In a what is seen as a pivotal speech and significant demonstration of the Buhari administration commitment to purposeful nation-building, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has underscored the need for Nigerian leaders to give the younger generation the vision on a pathway to unity in diversity. Prof. Osinbajo made the statement today in Abuja at […]

The Senate has passed the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). It was passed on Thursday, 10 years after talks on it opened with several accompanying debates. The bill prescribed among other things, the scraping of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the merging of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Petroleum Products Pricing, Regulatory […]

The Nigerian government has approved the closure of five foreign missions and embassies, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama said. Onyeama made this known on Thursday.  However, he did not mention the embassies or missions. He said the process for closure was underway and was also subject to the approval of the president.  “We […]

This briefing is to clarify on the statement credited to Army about relationship between some civilians and army personnel. Professionally, it is a command responsibility to caution officers and men on routine basis to conform to the ethics of the military in all ramifications, which includes; interactions and exchange of visits among others.  This command […]

The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has alleged that the  refusal of Federal Government to pay compensation to members of the Boko Haram sect as ordered by the court at the early stage of its formation under Mohammed Yusuf,  was responsible for the escalation of violence extremism. Obasanjo disclosed this in Abuja  at a two-day […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC)  has taken over the office of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  in Enugu State.  According to reports, a building on Chime Lane, a street in the GRA part of the Enugu metropolis, which had served as the secretariat of the PDP in Enugu State for several years, is now the […]