A 24-year-old Nigerian lady identified as Kaosiso Ezibe has been charged in Canada for defrauding a citizen of more than $291,000. The 60-year-old woman had met someone claiming to be a wealthy architect living in Toronto, through an online dating site. Between February and March, the woman reportedly ignited an online relationship with the architect,…
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Fresh off scoring a smash with his Kizz Daniel collaboration “True”; DMW pop star Mayorkun embarked on the Canadian leg of his “The Mayor Of..” tour. The “Mama” crooner stormed the National Event Center in Toronto, Canada for the first night of the tour, to a sold-out concert. Performing songs from his arsenal of hits and closed the set with the new fan favourite “True”, which…
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Instagram has announced on Tuesday that it is running a test in Canada which is scheduled to start later this week. The test is to hide the total number of likes on photos and videos posted on Instagram. Likes, the redish hearts shown on the app will be removed from the main feed, permalink pages…
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The Canadian embassy in Nigeria has categorically made it clear that reports circulating that Justin Trudeau, the country’s prime minister, pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to allow one million Nigerians enter Canada under a new employment and migration programmes is FALSE. Speaking via it’s twitter handle, the embassy debunked…
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A Nigerian lady has taken to twitter after she was granted Canadian citizenship to announce that she’ll be burning her Nigerian passport. Leaving a lot of mixed reactions, many Twitter users have poured out their opinions with some in support while others simply scolding her for the statement. See her Tweets below. For more on…
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EFCC, on Thursday, arraigned Adeshina Taoheed Aderemi, Adekoya Abosede and Ishola Abiodun Kazeem before Justice R. B. Akintola of the High Court of Oyo State, sitting in Ibadan, on 7-count charge bordering on forgery, uttering and obtaining money by false pretence. The syndicates journey to the dock followed a petition to the Commission from their…
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A total of 524 tourists from the United States, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Canada, France, Netherlands, Thailand and Singapore have been trapped on a mountain in Indonesian popular tourist island of Lombok after a strong quake triggered landslides that cut off roads. Spokesman of the National Disaster Management Agency, Sutopo Nugroho on Monday, said tourists…
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The Islamic State (ISIS) group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a weekend shooting that killed two people, injured 13 in Canada’s Toronto. The group’s propaganda agency Amaq said the attacker was carried out by “one of the soldiers of the Islamic State”. “He carried out the attack in response to calls to target nationals of…
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Residents of Canada will be able to use marijuana without the worry of law enforcement, as the country’s senate has passed a bill legalizing the recreational use of the drug. Canada becomes the second country to legalize the drug nationwide, following Uruguay in 2013. The country’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that people will be able to…
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The US, Canada and Mexico have won the bid to co-host the 2026 World Cup. The decision for a three-nations host was adopted at the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday. The ‘United 2026’ bid was selected by 134 FIFA member nations, beating Morocco’s bid to host the event. The 2026 tournament will…
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