•Greenlandic flags on a building in Nuuk, Greenland Canada and France, which both oppose US President Donald Trump’s claim to Greenland, will open consulates in the Danish autonomous territory’s capital today, in a strong show of support for the local government. Since returning to the White House last year, Trump has insisted that Washington ...
Employers in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, are opening their doors to skilled foreign workers through a virtual immigration and recruitment event scheduled for Wednesday, February 11. According to a post obtained from Newfoundland and Labrador’s website on Monday, the online session, which is open to all audiences, will run from 18:00 to ...
•Toronto Police A 40-year-old man with an extensive criminal history has been charged with first-degree murder after a Nigerian national was shot dead on a GO bus at the Yorkdale GO Bus Terminal in Toronto, marking the city’s first homicide of 2026. Toronto Police, in a statement on their website, said officers were called to […]
•Deportees Canada deported 366 Nigerians between January and October 2025, as it intensified its immigration enforcement drive at the fastest pace in over a decade, official data obtained by our correspondent has shown. The figure, obtained from the Canada Border Services Agency removals programme statistics, also revealed that 974 Nigerians a...
•A medical doctor Nigerian doctors seeking greener pastures abroad will benefit from Canada’s latest plan to open a new express entry pathway for foreign doctors in 2026. The Canadian government announced this in a statement by its Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Office, saying the move followed persistent physician shortages and is part...
•Nigerian doctors at work While Nigeria continues to face severe shortage of medical doctors, with some states reporting a single doctor attending to over 43,000 patients, putting immense pressure on the healthcare system, the situation is about to get worse as Canada is set to introduce a new Express Entry category in early 2026 to […]...
•Canadian flag The Government of Canada is taking steps to address critical health workforce shortages by creating a streamlined path to permanent residence for international doctors already working in the country. According to a statement by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and cited by our correspondent today, the Minister of...
Canada yesterday removed Syria from its list of states that support terrorism, and revoked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) designation as a “terrorist entity,” joining a list of countries to ease sanctions on Damascus. The moves come after HTS ousted former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad last December and took control of the government, reports AF...
•Canadian flag The Government of Canada has issued a new advisory urging citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Nigeria, including the capital city, Abuja, citing an increasingly unpredictable security environment marked by terrorism, crime, armed attacks, and kidnappings. The Canadian government dropped one of its biggest travel‑risk u...
•Mrs Sola Ibidapo-Obe Mrs Sola Ibidapo-Obe was wife to former Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), the late Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe. In this interview, the legal luminary shared fond memories of the past, including why she dumped a thriving legal practice, immediately her husband was appointed vice chancellor, reports Sunday Tr...

