Economy

Ogun Strengthens Bilateral Ties with Canada

Web News 10 May 2023 283 0

By Bolanle Adesida The Canadian Government has indicated interest in investing in the agricultural and technological sectors of the Ogun State economy as part of efforts to strengthen the Country’s bilateral relationship with Nigeria. The Canadian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Jamie Continue Reading

Economy

Oyo State remains open for business and meaningful collaboration – Makinde

Web News 7 December 2022 617 0

Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde says with its many strategic advantages particularly in areas of agribusiness, the state remains open for business and meaningful collaboration. The governor, who stated this when he received the Deputy High Commissioner, Government of Canada in the company of his Trade Commissioner Assistant to his office expressed optimism that Continue Reading

Foreign

Storm Fiona Wreaks Havoc in Canada

Web News 25 September 2022 237 0

Power lines have been downed and houses washed into the sea after Storm Fiona battered Canada’s coastline. One woman is missing after being washed out to sea in Newfoundland. Fiona was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Friday. Such weather events are rare in Canada, and police said the storm was “like […]Continue Reading

Sport

Falconets Thrash Canada 3-1, Meet Holland in Quarter-Final

Web News 18 August 2022 251 0

Nigeria’s U-20 girls, Falconets, set a World Cup group stage perfect record for themselves after beating Canada 3-1 in Alajuela on Thursday morning to finish with a perfect nine points out of nine in Group C. Head Coach, Chris Musa, said before the encounter that his girls would seek to win even as a quarter-final […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Canada Targets Youths, Mulls Warnings on Cigarettes

Web News 11 June 2022 252 0

Canada’s government is proposing putting health warnings on individual cigarettes in what would be a world-first way of tackling the habit. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett said she hoped the measure would help reach more people. She said the key target were young people who often access cigarettes “in social situations sidestepping the Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Sanwo-Olu, Foreign Affairs Minister, To Grace JIFORM Summit

Web News 27 August 2021 475 0

The Journalists International Forum For Migration , JIFORM, has invited the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama to its third annual migration summit in Canada. Participants from North America, Europe, Asia, South and North America, Africa and from several countries have confirmed participation at the hybrid Continue Reading

Sport

Tokyo 2020: Canada, Australia Pull Out Over Athletes’ Safety Concerns

Web News 23 March 2020 622 0

Canada and Australia have pulled out of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games over concerns for athletes’ safety with the outbreak of Coronavirus across the globe. The International Olympic Committee, IOC, has been in consultation with Japan about possibly postponing the Games, which is scheduled to start in July. However, host nation Japan is adamant the […]Continue Reading

Yoruba

Ọwọ́ sìnkú òfin tẹ ọkùnrin kan ńpinlẹ̀ Ọsun lórí ìwé ìrìnnà òfegè

Web News 18 September 2019 543 0

Ọkùnrin kan Joseph Johnson ẹni ọdún mẹ́tàlélógún ni ónkáwọ́pọ̀n sẹ́yìn níwájú ilé ẹjọ́ magisrate nípinlẹ̀ Ọsun, nílu Osogbo, láti sàlàyé on tórí labẹ̀ tó fi garu ọwọ́, lórí kíkùnà láti gba ìwé ìrìnà sílẹ̀ Canada fún oníbarà rẹ̀. Arákùnrin yi, ni ìròyìn fìdí ẹ̀ múlẹ̀ pe ó gba ẹgbẹ̀rún lọ́nà ẹdẹgbẹrin naira lọ́wọ́ Bukọla Alayande, […]Continue Reading