Tag: Canada
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Two Nigerians Arrested over $500,000 Fraud in Canada
The Canadian police have arrested two Nigerians, Gbemisola Akinrinade and Adebowale Adiatu, for allegedly enriching themselves with the proceeds from the sales of valid flight tickets to unsuspecting customers. According to Canada Today, the suspects fraudulently sold more than 250 airline tickets at a value of more than $500,000 in the racket scheme. The majority…
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Falconets beat Canada 3-1, face Holland in Q’final
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…
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The Pope’s health: I could step down – but not yet, says pontiff
Pope Francis has said the time may soon come when he needs to consider stepping down – and would do so if he felt his health meant that could not serve in the way he should. He made the comments at the end of a trip to Canada – where he apologised to indigenous people…
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Breaking: Canada Resumes Application for Residency Under Express Entry
Alessia Mascia danicooppss onlyfans Canada’s Immigration minister Sean Fraser on Tuesday informed that the north American country will remove its last remaining pandemic era restriction on immigrations and Express Entry draws are set to resume from 6 July. The restrictions by the Canadian Government were imposed on immigration about 18 months ago, when the coronavirus…
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Canada confirms 15 cases of monkeypox
Health authorities in Canada said Tuesday they had identified 10 new cases of monkeypox in Quebec, bringing the total number to 15, with additional cases expected in other provinces. Monkeypox, detected in recent weeks in Europe and North America, is a rare disease originating in Africa which usually clears up on its own. “We expect…
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Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell Canada protests
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked rarely used emergency powers to bring an end to trucker-led protests against Covid health rules. This comes after police arrested 11 people with a “cache of firearms” blocking a border crossing with the United States. It marked only the second time in Canadian history such powers have…
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Omicron cases detected in Canada among people who visited Nigeria
The first cases of the emerging Omicron variant have been identified in North America among recent travelers from Nigeria, the Canadian government announced Sunday. “Two individuals in Ottawa tested positive for the COVID-19 Omicron variant with recent travel from Nigeria,” the government of Ontario said in a statement. Ottawa Public Health officials are conducting case…
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Facebook Launches Free Sports Prediction Platform
A top social networking service company, Facebook, has introduced Fantasy Games, a new free prediction platform allowing users to predict sports outcomes for free. According to the company, the newly launched initiative is a simplified form of playing fantasy sports. With Fantasy Games, Facebook users on iOS and Android will be able to predict the…