Canada’s Prime Minister looking for One million Nigerian's to apply for Canadian Employment Visa

Canada Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has begs with Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, to allow one million Nigerians enter Canada under a new Employment and Migration Programme designed for immigrants.

According to Trudeau, immigrants from Nigeria have been a strong force in Canada’s growth in all sectors of its economy.

“We can’t undermine or overlook the contribution of immigrants in Canada’s development especially our brothers and sisters from Nigeria”, Trudeau said.

The PM added that, over the past three years, Canada has granted residency to all Nigerians who were illegally living in Canada and applied to remain. “We granted them and urging everyone to apply. It’s good we document everyone to know how many people we are to cater for”, he said.

In a memo sent to the Nigeria High Commission in Canada, the Employment and Migration Programme will allow Nigerians wishing to live in Canada to first obtain job before traveling to the country.

“The programme’s website will be launched next week and all available jobs will be listed. Currently there are over 6 million vacancies and we are hoping that Buhari allows at least one million people from Nigeria”, a spokesperson for the Canadian Labour Department, Shadrack Scott said.

Earlier this year, the Canadian Parliament announced plans to add more new permanent residents in the next three years.

Canada welcomed more than 286,000 permanent residents in 2017 and projects that number could reach 350,000 this year in addition to one million seeking from the West Africa nation.

“Thanks in great part to the newcomers we have welcomed throughout our history, Canada has developed into the strong and vibrant country we all enjoy,” said Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC).

Hussen, himself an immigrant from Somalia, said the influx will help offset Canada’s aging population and declining birth rate while growing its labor force.

Canada’s friendly stance towards new residents comes as many other Western nations, including the United States, are adopting more restrictive immigration policies.

Canada is especially dedicated to offering protection to refugees. The United Nations Refugee Agency reported unprecedented levels of refugees in 2017, with the number of forcibly displaced people reaching 68.5 million.

Peru's former president kills himself ahead of arrest

Former Peruvian president, Alan Garcia, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head as police were preparing to arrest him on Wednesday morning.

Garcia, who served as president from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011, was under investigation for money laundering and taking bribes in connection with a massive corruption scandal.

When police arrived to execute an arrest warrant at his home at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Garcia asked them to call his attorney and went to his bedroom.

Moments later, a gunshot was heard. Officers forced entry into the bedroom, where they found Garcia with a wound to the head.

Nigerian activist bags 12yrs in jail for defamation and incitement

Social media commentator, Ibrahim Garba Wala, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment over offences bordering on criminal defamation and public incitement.
Justice Yusuf Halilu of a High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, convicted Wala, who is the convener of Citizens Action to Take Back Nigeria (CATBAN) in 3 of the 4-count charges brought against him by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).

Justice Halilu convicted him fo managing unlawful association, public incitement and defamation of character over social media posts against the chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Abdullahi Muhammed.

The NAHCON boss had alleged that Wala used his Facebook page to incite the public against him and defame him and that of the commission.

The court agreed with the prosecution that Wala criminally defamed Muhammed after he alleged that the NAHCON boss “made N3 billion for himself” from the 2017 Hajj operations
The judge said Wala wrote on his Facebook page that he has documents to prove the allegation, but failed to provide the document to prove his claims in court.#aranewstrends

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Again, Court orders former Super Eagles jay jay Okocha's arrest for tax evasion

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At Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere, Lagos, South west Nigeria on Monday renewed a bench warrant for the arrest of the former Super Eagles captain, Augustine Jay-Jay Okocha, for refusal to appear in court over a case of tax evasion.

The presiding Judge, Justice Adedayo Akintoye extended the arrest warrant, originally made last January 29, following an application by the Lagos State Government.

Prosecution counsel, Mr Yusuf Sule told the court that Okocha had yet to settle out of court, the 2017 income tax evasion charge.

Okocha, who was not in court, was not represented by any lawyer.

The government alleged that Okocha had also failed to appear in court since October 5, 2017, when the case was first mentioned.

At the resumption of proceedings on Monday, Sule said Okocha had made contact with the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS).

He said: “The defendant (Okocha) is trying to settle, but he is yet to make any payment. In the circumstances, we will be asking for a further date.”

Granting his application, Justice Akintoye ruled: that “Bench Warrant issued to continue to subsist against the defendant. Case adjourned till May 28, 2019 for further directions.”

The government filed a three-count charge against Okocha on June 6, 2017, accusing him of: “Failure to furnish return of income for tax purposes with the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service contrary to Section 94 (1) of the Personal income-tax Tax Act Cap P8 Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004 (As Amended).

 Failure to pay income tax contrary to Section 56(a) and (b) of the Lagos State Revenue Administration Law No. 8 of 2006 and failure to furnish return of Income for tax purposes with the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service contrary to Section 94(1)of the Personal Income Tax Act Cap P8 Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004 (As Amended).”


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Policemen arrested over killing of football fan, Kolade Johnson, in Lagos

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School Pupils Involved In An Accident While Returning From An Excursion

Some students returning from an excursion, were left seriously injured, some minutes ago, after their bus had a ghastly accident at Wasinmi, along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.




Although no death was recorded, one of their teachers had her eye plucked out and many of the students were left with serious injuries.

They had gone on an excursion from Lagos to Abeokuta, Ogun State, and were said to be returning, when their bus rammed into a car and veered off its lane to face oncoming vehicles on the other lane.



The victims have since been rushed to the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, for urgent medical attention.

EFCC arrests 11 ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ibadan

Some of the arrested suspects in Ijebu Remo

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’.

According to EFCC, six of the suspects were arrested at 2nd Pipeline, Ologunerun, Ibadan, while the other five were picked up at a location in Ijebu-Remo, Ogun State.

Those from Ibadan are Akinbinu Akinfemi, Wasiu Adeyemi, Idowu Samson, Tijani Usman, Saheed Eniafe and Adeyi Victor while Benson Gospel, Abdulazeez Gafar, Agbumabiwon Abiodun, Abayomi Awotedu, and Bukayo Abiodun were arrested at Ijebu Remo.

Ranging between the ages of 17 and 29 years, the alleged fraudsters’ arrested were occasioned by petitions from their neighbors, detailing their alleged fraudulent activities.



Suspected Yahoo Boys arrested in Ibadan

The alleged acts include love scam and other forms of internet fraud through which they obtained money from unsuspecting victims.

Items recovered from them include laptops, mobile phones and several documents.

All the suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

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Nigerian Law School student dies of malaria

Fatoba Seyi, a student of the Nigerian Law School, Abuja, is dead.

The graduate of the #Ekiti State University, died last night, after, according to her colleagues, two weeks of malaria treatment.  - 

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Five Nigerian men arrested in Dubai for robbery (Photo)

Authorities have arrested five Nigerian men in connection with a daring armed robbery at a money exchange house in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

According to the police, the suspects who are in their 20s stole currencies worth over Dh2m during a robbery that lasted seven-minute at the Al Tauwain branch of the Al Ansari Exchange on March 20.

Foreign and UAE currencies worth Dh2.3m were recovered from the suspects, according to report.

Commander-in-chief of the Sharjah Police, Major General Saif Ziri Al Shamsi, who gave details at a press conference said,

“Four of the suspects entered the exchange and attacked its employees, while the fifth was waiting for them in a car outside.

“The suspects also threatened the employees with sharp weapons before taking away cash. The whole operation lasted seven minutes.”



The suspects got in by reportedly smashing the panel at the exchange with hammers before they jumped into the counter where the safe box was kept.

Two employees at the exchange allegedly sustained minor injuries in the process of resisting the suspects.

According to Al Shamsi, the suspect had escaped by the time the police were informed of the robbery because the employees failed to press the alarm that would have alerted them on time.

The first suspect was arrested withing 48hrs after the gang traveled in a used car. The went seprate ways and planned to communicate via Facebook.

Here is the face of killer policemen who shot dead Kolade Johnson

The suspected killers of Johnson


The Nigerian Police have revealed the identity of the policemen who shot and killed Kolade Johnson at Onipetesi area of Agege, Southwest Nigeria.

Their names and pictures were revealed by the police on its Twitter handle on Tuesday.

The suspected killers are Inspector Ogunyemi Olalekan and Sgt Godwin Orji attached to Anti Cultism Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.

The police said the men had been apprehended and were being subjected to disciplinary procedures.

“The men suspected to have carried out the shooting of Kolade Johnson have been apprehended and subjected to internal disciplinary procedures. The CP has revealed their names as (1) Insp Ogunyemi Olalekan and (2) Sgt Godwin Orji attached to Anti Cultism Squad,” the police said on its twitter handle.

Johnson was killed by the police on Sunday at Onipetesi while watching football with his colleagues. He died before help could come to him.

COOU 400- level student dies in accident after he was sent out of exam hall to get a haircut

A 400-level student of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, COOU, has died in an accident after he was sent out of an exam Hall to go have a haircut.

The student, Ezeh Goodluck was prevented from sitting for his exam when he arrived his faculty on Monday, April 1.

Before going for the exam, his whats-app status expressed hope that the exam will favor him.

However, he was denied entry into the exam hall because his haircut didn’t meet faculty standard and was also told to produce his ID card.


On his way to get a haircut, the bike he took had an accident which killed the rider while he was flung into a ditch where he was unconscious.

The COOU student died at the Chukwuemka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, formerly Anambra State University Teaching Hospital.

Policemen arrested over killing of football fan, Kolade Johnson, in Lagos

The Lagos state police command says it has arrested three police officers in connection with the fatal shooting of a football fan, Kolade Johnson.

Johnson was at a football viewing center when he was killed by trigger-happy police officers (read here).

A statement released today by the state command’s spokesperson, DSP Elkanah Bala, says the state Commissioner of Police, Shuaibu Muazu, has vowed to ensure that justice will be served in this case. Read the statement below




On 31/03/2019 at about 5.05pm, the Command received a distress call that Lagos- Abeokuta Express Way has been blocked by some angry youths who were protesting the shooting of one Kolade Johnson m of No.1 Beco street, Onipetesi, Mangoro Bus Stop by a team of Policemen from Anti Cultism unit. A team of policemen from the Rapid Response Squads and Metro patrol were promptly drafted to the scene.

The account of eye witnesses helped in identifying the team which fled the scene immediately after the incident. Members of the team suspected to be involved in the shooting have since been arrested and are currently in Police custody undergoing interrogation.

 They will be subjected to internal disciplinary procedures, and may be prosecuted in conventional Court if implicated by ongoing investigation.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu mni calls for calm, assuring that justice will prevail in this case. The Commissioner of Police also condoles with the family, friends and well wishers of Kolade Johnson. The CP has promised to initiate far reaching reforms to help in repositioning the Anti Cultism Squad for effective service delivery, particularly in areas of respect for Human Rights and proficiency in the use of firearms.

Nigeria ranked 6th most miserable country in the world by Steve Hanke

Nigeria has been ranked the 6th most miserable country by Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States.

The ranking is titled, Hanke’s Annual Misery Index 2018: The World’s Saddest (And Happiest) Countries.



According to an article he wrote in Forbes magazine March 28 edition, Steve Hanke notes that economic indices such as unemployment, inflation and the rates banks charge on loans are used to calculate Misery Index.

“In the sphere of economics, misery tends to flow from high inflation, steep borrowing costs and unemployment,” Hanke warns.

Hanke, in his explanatory note wrote:

“The original Misery Index was just a simple sum of a nation’s annual inflation rate and its unemployment rate.

“The Index has been modified several times, first by Robert Barro of Harvard and then by myself.


“My modified Misery Index is the sum of the unemployment, inflation and bank lending rates, minus the percentage change in real GDP per capita.

“Higher readings on the first three elements are ‘bad’ and make people more miserable. These are offset by a ‘good’ (GDP per capita growth), which is subtracted from the sum of the ‘bads.’

“A higher Misery Index score reflects a higher level of ‘misery,’ and it’s a simple enough metric that a busy president, without time for extensive economic briefings, can understand at a glance.”

Countries ranking as least miserable in the world on the 2018 Misery Index are Thailand and Hungary, having ranked 95th and 94th respectively of the 95 countries ranked by Hanke.

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Venezuela, Argentina, Iran, Brazil and Turkey lead in that order, while Nigeria is sixth.

#SARS stray bullet kills boy watching Liverpool FC match

  Tragedy struck some minutes ago on Olu Aboderin Street, #Onipetesi, Lagos State, as one of the bullets unleashed by some SARS operatives struck a boy watching the just concluded #LiverpoolFC match.

According to one #Emenike, who witnessed the incident, the officers had come to the area to arrest a guy on dreadlocks. He alleged that they started shooting sporadically after the arrest, only for one of the bullets to hit the boy.

The victim was subsequently rushed to the general hospital in Ikeja, where he was confirmed dead.  - 

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Police officer, Obianuju O.R, aka Uju has just been promoted as Assistant Superintendent in the Nigeria Police Force.

Popular beautiful Police officer, Uju gets promoted to post of ASP



A popular beautiful Police officer, Obianuju O.R, aka Uju has just been promoted to the post of an Assistant Superintendent in the Nigeria Police Force.

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Popular beautiful Police officer, Uju gets promoted to post of ASP

 

The Instagram-famous officer took to her page moments ago to share photos of herself while being decorated by her seniors at her duty post.

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Congratulations to me on my promotion to ⭐️⭐️. 3rd slide is my commander OPG and 2ic decorating moi 💃💃 the best ogas anyone could have 😊😍🥰🤪🤩 #mylife


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Uju is regarded as one of the most beautiful police officers in the force. A check on her Instagram page indicates her love for the gram as she is always seen posting glamorous photos on her page, while she is not on duty.

Killer boyfriend of RUGIPO student to die by hanging

Two years after he killed his undergraduate girlfriend, an Akure High Court yesterday sentenced a man, Chukwudi Onweniwe, to death by hanging.

Onweniwe had strangulated his girlfriend, Nifemi Adeyeye, an HND student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic to death in Owo, Ondo State.

The convict was charged on four-count charge bordering on endangering life, abduction, rape and murder.


The convict abducted Nifemi and took her to a farm near Alayere, Ogbese, raped her and then snuffed life out of her by choking and strangulating her to death.

Nifemi’s mother, who testified before the court, said her daughter had told her she was going to visit her friend on the day she went missing.

She said that she did not know the convict though he was said to be her daughter’s boyfriend.

Two motorcyclists who saw the duo together on the fateful day also testified in the case and one of them told the court that he carried them to a spot in town.
The judge said the convict had confessed to the officers of the squad according to the testimony of one Ayoola Famoriyo and had taken his team to the spot where he hid the corpse of the deceased.

The witness said Onweniwe had pointed to the spot where he kept Nifemi’s body and it was taken to the mortuary while the stone found near her head with which he had bashed in her skull was taken to the police station as an exhibit.

When the defence opened its case, the father of the convict, Nwosu Onweniwe, had told the court that the deceased was his son’s girlfriend who had been very helpful to him.

He said the deceased used to go with him to the farm and often washed his clothes.  

The News of my husband’s helicopter crash rattled me, says Osinbajo’s wife

Wife of the Vice-President, Dolapo Osinbajo, on Sunday, shared her experience when she received the news of her husband’s helicopter crash in February.

She recalled that on the day the incident happened she was in Ikenne, Ogun State, for a programme.

The VP’s wife stated this on Sunday in her remarks during an interdenominational service of praise and thanksgiving to appreciate God for sparing Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s life in the helicopter crash that happened on February 2 in Kabba, Kogi State.


The thanksgiving service, which held at the Obafemi Awolowo Square, Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State, was attended by Governors of Lagos and Oyo states, Akinwunmi Ambode and Abiola Ajimobi, respectively.

Also in attendance were the immediate past governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, Ogun State  governor-elect, Dapo Abiodun, Senator Godswill Akpabio and some traditional rulers, among other dignitaries.

Speaking on the helicopter crash, Mrs Osinbajo said she was on her way to Lagos from Ogun State when she received a call on the incident, adding that she was shocked by the news.

She said, “I am thankful to God for saving the life of my husband and those of his co-passengers.”

Mrs Osinbajo told the congregation that the mercy of God had been  the pillar of her family.

In his remarks, the Vice-President described himself as a product of God’s special mercy.

The VP explained that the thanksgiving in his home town, Ikenne, became imperative to thank God for sparing his life in the  helicopter crash.



He ascribed his survival in the crash to the special mercy of God, who, according to him, has been seeing him through the ups and downs of life.

He prayed for peace, progress and stability in the country.

Also speaking, the Ogun State governor-elect, Dapo Abiodun, described Osinbajo as an embodiment of diligence and sincerity.

He said Osinbajo had some attributes worthy of emulation.

In his sermon,  the Archbishop of Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos, the Most Reverend Olusina Fape, said the victory of the All Progressives Congress in this year’s presidential election was because of God’s mercy.

Fape, who added that it was God’s mercy that averted the untimely death from the VP, prayed  that God would see the country to the next level of greatness,

The cleric urged Osinbajo to continue to serve God.

“The election has come and gone. But it was won through the mercy of God. It is mercy that makes the difference in the lives of individuals.


“Election is not according to your power, your ability and your wisdom; election is a matter of mercy.

“Mercy does five things, it brings victory, it brings exaltation, it brings wisdom, it brings deliverance and success. Your Excellency, whatever you might have achieved is not by your power or wisdom, but by the sheer mercy of God.

“As you celebrate today, God’s mercy will catapult you to the next level according to the slogan of your party,” Fape stated.

Sad News: A woman met her untimely demise, she fell into a soak-away pit and dies

A woman's plan to travel abroad has been cut short after she fell into a soak-away pit and died.

Janefrancis Madumere from Mbano in Imo state was to leave Nigeria next month, before she met her untimely demise. She had already gotten her visa and was making preparations.

Wicked! Mother burns child with hot iron

Hot iron

A 12-year old juvenile is struggling to sit and sleep after her mother and sister allegedly ganged up and took turns to burn her all over the body with a hot iron for coming home late.

The girl (name withheld) who is doing Grade seven at Nyamauru Primary School, Dangamvura, Zimbabwe, sustained serious burns on her privates, back side, hands, thigh and cheeks.

Police have since arrested the girl’s mother and sister (names withheld), aged 50 and 21 years respectively.

The girl, according to neighbors and witnesses, was ‘punished’ for allegedly being a problem child.

The Manica Post reports that during a visit to the Dangamvura Police Station on Tuesday morning the mother and relatives had been summoned for questioning, while the girl was also present but could hardly sit, as she was kneeling down whilst her hands were on the bench. She was in pain.

The Manica Post was barred from talking to the girl and family members. Officer-in-charge at Dangamvura police station, Chief Inspector Sakurungo referred reporters to Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa.




When reached for comment, Inspector Kakohwa said: “We have arrested two women who are facing charges of physical abuse (domestic violence) and they are assisting the police with investigations. On March 2, at around 4:00 pm, the juvenile lied to her parents that she was going for some extra lessons.

“She came back around 8:00 pm and locked herself in her room. The two accused called her but she refused to come out. She went out again the following day and came back in the evening. This angered her mother who realized that she was not fully dressed. They then burnt her several times with a hot iron on her buttocks, thigh, hands and cheeks. They locked her in the house and did not take her to the hospital. We received a tip-off which subsequently led to the arrest of the two.”

Neighbors interviewed said they heard the girl crying for help on Sunday evening.

“She was screaming and we heard some voices of women saying switch on the iron, she must learn a lesson. She tried to escape but failed. We were worried but there was nothing we could do. The girl’s mother is not that sociable so we did not bother to go and check on what was happening,’’ said one neighbor who declined to be named.

Before the incident, the girl had sought refuge at her mother’s friend’s house, known as Mai Mzemba after she had come home late and sensed danger.

Mai Mzemba, who witnessed part of the incident said: “This girl came to my house around 7pm on Sunday saying she had been chased away from home. So I told her that I wanted to see her mother and inquire why. After all, we knew she was lying. I refused that she would sleep at my house without her mother’s knowledge. She did not want to go home. I went to see her mother (who is not feeling well) and we learnt that she was a troublesome girl. Her mother was really infuriated, mainly because she was not dressed completely. Like any other parent she might have concluded that she was sexually active.”

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Dangote now world’s 64th richest person after gaining $5.8bn in 24hrs

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has significantly moved up in the world billionaires’ list as he emerged 64th richest person in the world, with an estimated worth of $16.6 billion, as against his previous ranking of 103rd in the world.

Dangote, who remains the richest man in Africa for the 8th year running, was the only Nigerian on the list of the top 500 billionaires, as released by Bloomberg in its yearly billionaires list.

The index also revealed that Dangote’s net worth increased by 23% from $13.5bn on February 26, 2018, to $16.6bn

Jeff Bezos remains the richest in the world with $136 billion, while Bill Gates and Warren Buffett followed as second and third respectively with $98.4 billion and $83 billion.

70% of African players believe in ‘juju’ - Osaze Odemwingie

 Former Super Eagles’ striker, Osaze Odemwingie, has explained how he received treatment from a herbalist, many years ago, when he was injured.

The Russian-born 37-year-old footballer said: ”I had a fall in training, I also hurt my shoulder and broke my arm. I was afraid to tell my mom so they took me to the local juju man.



They poured hot water to relax the muscles. Somehow they returned the hand to the place, while I yelled, they twisted some small sticks. There was a rite with a chicken.”



In the interview with championat.com, Odemwingie revealed that most African players believe in juju treatment than going to see doctors, when injured. ”At least 70% of players believe in it. They think that some kind of salve will save them,” he added.