Foreign

Canada PM Justin Trudeau’s Tales of ‘Wedlock’ to Plane Snags

Web News 6 January 2024 319 0

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s aircraft has broken down during a trip to Jamaica, in his second travel incident in four months. The Canadian Armed Forces said on Friday that they were forced to send a second plane with a repair team to address the issue. Mr Trudeau was on the Continue Reading

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Visa Suspension as India, Canada Row Escalates

Web News 21 September 2023 332 0

  India has suspended visa services for Canadian citizens amid an escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. Visa service provider BLS posted a message from India’s mission blaming “operational reasons” for the decision. Tensions flared this week after Canada said it was investigating “credible allegations” Continue Reading

Foreign

Sixty Years Child Sex Abuse Catches up with Man

Web News 16 September 2023 205 0

An 81-year-old man has appeared before Belfast Magistrates’ Court in connection with a number of historical child abuse offences. James Henry Clarke, with an address at Meadow Lake in Canada, is facing three charges of indecently assaulting two boys in the 1960s and 1970s. He has been extradited to Northern Ireland from Canada. The court […]Continue Reading

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Canada Wildfires Spark Evacuation Order to 30,000 Households

Web News 20 August 2023 235 0

At least 30,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in Canada’s British Columbia province, where nearly 400 wildfires are raging. Officials have restricted travel to Kelowna, a waterside city of 132,000 people, where smoke from nearby fires hangs over Lake Okanagan. The order is designed to ensure enough accommodation for evacuees and emergency workers. Fires Continue Reading

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Court Jails Rapper Lanez 10 Years for Megan Thee Stallion Shooting

Web News 9 August 2023 193 0

Canadian rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years for shooting fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion. Lanez shot Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during an argument between the pair after a party in 2020. He was found guilty on three gun-related charges in December and has been held in jail since. […]Continue Reading

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Photos: Wreckage of Titanic Tourist Sub Being Brought Ashore

Web News 28 June 2023 273 0

Parts of the tourist submersible that imploded on a deep dive to the Titanic, killing five people, have been seen for the first time since the incident. Metal wreckage from the Titan sub was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St John’s, Canada, on Wednesday. Photographs showed metal pieces from the sub covered in […]Continue Reading

Economy

Ogun Strengthens Bilateral Ties with Canada

Web News 10 May 2023 494 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 Christoff, who stated this at a meeting with Governor Dapo Abiodun in Abeokuta said […]Continue Reading

Economy

Oyo State remains open for business and meaningful collaboration – Makinde

Web News 7 December 2022 860 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

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Storm Fiona Wreaks Havoc in Canada

Web News 25 September 2022 332 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 330 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

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Canada Targets Youths, Mulls Warnings on Cigarettes

Web News 11 June 2022 333 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 558 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 736 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 666 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