•Canada visa The Government of Canada has announced an increase in application fees for permanent residence and citizenship for Nigerians and other foreign nationals seeking residency in the country. The new fees will take effect on April 30, 2026, according to an official notice published on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada we...
•Late Rodiyat Alabede Canadian health authorities have launched an investigation into the deaths of two individuals — including a Nigerian international student — following plasma donations at private collection centres in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Plasma is the liquid component of blood and accounts for slightly more than half of its total volume. ...
•Canadian flag flies above the Canadian embassy in Beijing A shooter killed nine people and injured dozens more at a secondary school and residence in a remote part of western Canada yesterday, before the suspect took their own life. The killings occurred in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, a picturesque mountain valley town in the foothills [...
•Canadian flag Canada has introduced significant changes to its visa and immigration rules, affecting international students, job seekers, foreign workers and entrepreneurs looking to study, work or relocate to the country. The updated policies mark a major shift in Canada’s immigration framework and are expected to ease access for qualified p...
•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 […]...

