Obasanjo, Amosun flay alleged slave trade in Libya
By Sola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: FORMER President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, is not happy with the resurgence of slavery in Libya, just as the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amsun, also condemned the development, saying that African leaders should rise to condemn the act. Obasanjo, who spoke at the opening ceremony of the 2017 Annual […]
Ghanaian man wins rights to join German wife in UK
By Femi SHODUNKE UK: THE victory recorded at a United Kingdom court by a Ghanaian to marry a German, without being present at the wedding ceremony, has given hope to many would-be spouses to migrate to Europe through such wedding arrangement. After four years of legal battle, 43-year-old Albert Awuku would now have opportunity […]
Canada’s Senate passes Bill C-6 to reduce citizenship waiting period
CANADA: THERE is cheering news for immigrants, particularly permanent residents, who desire to become Canadians within a short period of time. The Senate has passed bill C-6 that proposed amendments to the existing stringent Canada’s Citizenship Act enacted by the immediate past Conservative Party administration of ex-Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The Harper government had […]
Canada introduces changes to Express Entry program
CANADA: GOVERNMENT has introduced changes to its Express Entry program in a move designed to improve the immigration scheme which enable highly skilled immigrants to migrate to Canada. In the new initiative, it stated that points would be awarded for job offers to qualified candidates who are already in Canada on Labour Market Impact […]
Canada to open door for 300,000 immigrants next year
By Femi Shodunke CANADA: IMMIGRATION Minister, John McCallum, has disclosed that Canada would take in now fewer than 300,000 immigrants next year. The move is to bring in more immigrants to work and live permanently in Canada to ease economic strains on the aging population in the country of 36,286,378 populations, the Minister said. “Following […]
Killings: Alake tasks immigration on true identity of herdsmen
NIGERIA: THE Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, has tasked the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to do all within its ambit to identify the true identity of herdsmen in the country. Oba Gbadebo, who spoke in respect to the allegations of rape, maiming and killings, among others, by Fulani herdsmen, […]
Immigration officers abduct six traffic agency officials in Ogun
NIGERIA: SOME officials of the Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Tuesday abducted six men of the State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in a tussle believed to show supremacy between the two agencies. Four of the TRACE officers were also injured when the angry immigration officials invaded […]
Ontario’s $10.5m to move Syrian refugees to Canada
CANADA: ARE you a Syrian in danger or being tormented by the dreaded ISIS? And you are not save where you are right now? If you are reading this anywhere in the world – where you are hiding – definitely there is good news for you! The Ontario government of Kathleen Wynne in Canada […]
Governor begs Buhari over suspended immigration boss
NIGERIA: PLATEAU STATE Governor, Mr. Simon Lalong, has met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the suspension of the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr David Parradang. But sources at the Presidency said that Parradang, who was appointed into the topmost immigration position in June, 2013 on four years tenure, was asked to […]
