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 Latest News in Nigeria: What We Know About How the Italian Man Entered Nigeria Undetected

Since the announcement that a man who just arrived from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria, has COVID-19, many people have been asking how the Italian was able to go through the Lagos Airport undetected, despite the health screening reported to be carried out at the airport. In the early hours of February 28, the Government of Nigeria, confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in the country. The case makes Nigeria the first sub-Saharan Africa country...

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...

War Against Insurgency: Are Nigerian Soldiers Traumatised?

Combat soldiers are generally trained to be hard-boiled and resilient, but with the increase in reported cases of Nigerian soldiers turning their guns and knives on colleagues and neighbours, many are calling for a check on the well-being of combatants, with some asking the question, are Nigerian soldiers traumatized? Telling the tragic story of how the lives of four soldiers were taken by their colleague, the Nigerian Army spokesman, Sagir Musa, on Wednesday 26 February,...

No Country Will Be Spared, Warn Experts, as Fight Against Coronavirus Ramps Up

GENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) – No country should make the “fatal mistake” of assuming it will be spared the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as governments from Iran to Australia raced to contain the epidemic’s rapid global spread. With new infections reported around the world now surpassing those in mainland China, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said even rich nations should prepare for surprises. “No country should assume it won’t get cases, that...

Afforestation: Nigeria’s Ekiti State to Plant 1m Trees

Ekiti State Government says it is ready to rejuvenate its forest reserves across the 16 local government areas of the state by planting of one million trees toward aggressive afforestation. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr Gbenga Agbeyo, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado Ekiti. Agbeyo, who decried the current situation of the various forest reserves in the state, said most of them had been devastated and...

Court Grants Musician Inyanya N20m Bail Over Alleged Car Theft

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Thursday granted bail  in the sum of N20 million to a musician, Iyanya Mbuk, popularly known as Iyanya, over alleged car theft. Iyanya, who rose to fame after winning the first season of Project Fame West Africa and best known for his hit single “Kukere”, is facing a count charge of stealing. The charge was preferred by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police. Justice Mobolanle...

ENUGU: Catholics Protest Over Mounting Insecurity in Nigeria

February 26 – Thousands of Catholic faithfuls of the Enugu Diocese participated in a prayer protest over the worsening insecurity situation in the country in their black attire. The Catholic Church often referred to as the Roman Catholic Church and the largest Christian Church with parishes all over the states and nation on Ash Wednesday willingly heeded to the directives of their leaders to wear black as a semblance to the mourning state of the...

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...

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