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Vanguard News Gen LEO Irabor: Reform the Military; coordinate operations On By Tony Eluemunor Surprisingly, the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is often seen as an officer who has been  merely kicked upstairs to make way for, sayan Army, Air or Naval Chief of Staff. In fact, there were murmurs of disaffection when former President Shehu Shagari appointed Nigeria’s first Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. General Alani Akinrinade, in 1981, during the Second Republic, from Army Chief, to be the apex military coordinator, and appointed Gen. Inua Wushishi as his successor. The recently dropped...

Tue, 01/19/2021 LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced its virtual programming lineup for the spring 2021 semester. With the inauguration of a new president, the focus of the early schedule will be on the presidency. Spring will also feature a new exhibition, "Voices from the Big First, 1961-1968," and a series of afternoon programs on related topics. “While our nation continues to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, the Dole Institute will be bringing an impressive slate of guests directly to our audience’s homes,” said Director Bill ...

Dec 17, 2020 Christmas is a time of peace, love, and goodwill toward men; a quiet contemplative day spent at home with family and cherished friends, opening gifts, sharing meals, and getting cozy by the warmth of the fire. It wasn't always like that. In fact, for centuries, Christmastime meant 12 straight nights of often raucous, drunken parties where entire villages would come together to celebrate. That tradition made its way to early America, and even military cadets got in on the action; getting so wild and raucous that they forever altered American history. This is the forgotten hist...

Dec 17, 2020 Christmas is a time of peace, love, and goodwill toward men; a quiet contemplative day spent at home with family and cherished friends, opening gifts, sharing meals, and getting cozy by the warmth of the fire. It wasn't always like that. In fact, for centuries, Christmastime meant 12 straight nights of often raucous, drunken parties where entire villages would come together to celebrate. That tradition made its way to early America, and even military cadets got in on the action; getting so wild and raucous that they forever altered American history. This is the forgotten hist...