Biden Sweeps With a Big Broom – Scores Major Delegate Haul on Super Tuesday

The former vice president is now in a position to potentially win an outright majority of delegates to clinch the nomination. Joe Biden’s stunning sweep of most Super Tuesday states has rocketed him to the lead in the all-important delegate count over Bernie Sanders, according to NBC News projections based on early results. The total delegate haul is yet to be determined, because many states have yet to fully report their results. That includes California,...

COVID-19 outbreak proves global business needs China

Nigeria’s effort to rapidly identify and contain the spread of the index case of COVID-19 may have been successful – with no new case as at March 2 – but as the disease spreads to over fifty countries, the global economy is panicking and some experts say this is not looking good for many countries, including Nigeria. It is a typical case of ‘when China sneezes, global business catches a cold.’ The wake of coronavirus...

Once a viable White House candidate, Pete Buttigieg ends his campaign

After rising from relative obscurity to become a viable White House candidate, Pete Buttigieg ends his campaign His narrow, one-delegate victory over Sanders in Iowa was overshadowed by the vote-counting chaos there – and his win remained in doubt until it was confirmed after a final recanvass and recount were completed. But with his victory, Buttigieg achieved what would have been considered politically impossible just a decade ago. Let’s vote: When are the 2020 presidential election primaries? And on the night...

Coordination of Nigerian Professionals abroad gains momentum with publication to showcase their talents and occupations

“Who’s Who in Nigerian Diaspora” a partnership of governments, organizations, and businesses has yielded a platform to coordinate a much valued talents of Nigerians abroad Tension over the news that immigrants from Africa’s most populous country were blocked from coming to the U.S. may have been drastically eased when Who’s Who in Nigerian Diaspora Inc. announced its inaugural publication of Nigerian professionals living abroad.  The 2020 edition of Who’s Who in Nigerian Diaspora will unravels...

Coronavirus: Anambra Assembly calls for Construction of Quarantine Facility to Check Disease Outbreaks

The Anambra House of Assembly has called on Gov. Willie Obiano to direct the state Ministry of Health to construct a quarantine facility to check the spread of viral diseases in an event of health emergency in the state. The House made the call in its resolution on Thursday, following a motion moved by Mr Lawrence Ezeudu (Dunukofia) under Matters of Urgent Public Importance. Ezeudu said it was important to have a quarantine facility in...

Italian Man Becomes Nigeria’s First Case of Coronavirus-Minister

An Italian man who arrived in Nigeria three days ago has become the African country’s first case of coronavirus, the health minister said on Friday, as infections spread rapidly worldwide. The Health Ministry said on Twitter that the case was in the state of Lagos, home to the southwestern commercial capital of the same name. Lagos is the biggest city in Africa’s most populous country, with a population of about 20 million. “The case…is the...

Virus enigma: Experts ask why Africa seems to have few cases

The coronavirus is spreading fast beyond its China birthplace but sub-Saharan Africa, one of the world’s most vulnerable regions, has so far been almost spared — and experts want to know why. More than 2,760 people worldwide have died of COVID-19 and almost 81,000 infected in over 45 countries. Most of these have been in China, but cases are now rising fast in parts of Europe and the Middle East, while the first infection in...

We Made $104million from film, Music Industry in 2019 – FG

The Federal government says it made a total of $104 million from film and music industry in 2019. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed madder this known during an official visit to the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC  in Abuja. He described the Nigerian film industry as an untapped assets that needs to be explored for economy prosperity. According to Mohammed, the creative industry remains the fastest growing sector of the economy with $53 million and $51 million...

Joint French-Nigerien military operation kills more than 100 jihadists in Niger

A joint operation by Nigerien and French troops in southwest Niger killed 120 “terrorists” and seized bomb-making equipment and vehicles, the country’s defence ministry said Friday.  As of February 20 “120 terrorists have been neutralised” in the operation in the vast Tillaberi region near the border with Mali and Burkina Faso, the statement said, adding there had been no losses among Nigerien or French troops. Niger’s defence minister Issoufou Katambe praised the “cooperation… in the...

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