LAGOS JANAURY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A two-year ban on some foreigners buying homes in Canada has come into effect. The ban aims to help ease one of the most unaffordable housing markets in the world. As of this summer, the average home price in Canada is C$777,200 ($568,000; £473,700) – more than 11 times the median household…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Canadian government has disclosed its immigration plan to welcome half a million immigrants, including Nigerians, each year by 2025 to tackle the labour shortage. Sean Fraser, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship released Canada’s 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan, which embraces immigration to help businesses find workers and attract the skills…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian men, Tosin Amos Arowoshegbe and Eze, lost their lives on Saturday following a shooting at a nightclub in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, north of Toronto in Canada. York Regional Police detectives said officers responded to report of a shooting at ATL Lounge, a restaurant and nightclub in the early…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Presidential Global Network (PPGN) on Thursday congratulated Mr Peter Obi for emerging as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the 2023 presidential election. A statement by PPGN Head of Press, Asa Blessing Chijekwu, quoted Dr Michael Chukwujekwu, Global Coordinator of the group from his base…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium at the Mountain of Yahweh Deliverance Ministry, Ijegun, Lagos, after a female member, Mrs. Beatrice Odene, disrupted church service by moving to the pulpit and demanding N3m, which the Pastor, Bernard Okoro, allegedly swindled her husband over false prophecy. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at 21 Tunde Akinshola…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Florida man was charged Thursday with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teenager, were found in Canada near the U.S. border in what authorities believe was a failed crossing attempt during a freezing blizzard. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Illicit drug suspected to be Cannabis indica (Colorado), imported through the Tin Can seaport, has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), New Nigerian Newspapers has learnt. The substance, made of 94 parcels, was said to have weighed 43. 4kg. The agency, while confirming the report in…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. State Department on Monday advised against travel to neighboring Canada because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases as the Omicron variant spreads. The CDC elevated its travel recommendation to “Level Four: Very High” for Canada, telling Americans they should avoid…
