Canada have said they will not compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Games should they be held this year as other nations also plan for a one-year postponement of Tokyo 2020.
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The Nigeria High Commission in Ottawa, Canada has suspended passport application processing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in its community.
The ongoing infrastructural development programme of the Lagos State Government is a deliberate effort to make the State attractive to Diasporan investment, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia described Nigeria-Canada relations as very cordial, expressing his desire to further strengthen bilateral ties.
According to reports, the 35-year-old, who recently relinquished his royal duties, was pictured leaving a commercial flight in Vancouver on Monday evening.
The Vice President said that Nigeria was one of the 10 reforming economy in the world, adding that the summit focuses on the six major sectors of the country’s economy.
The President also felicitated with the Liberal Party of Canada and Canadians generally on the outcome of the federal election in the country.
Sweden’s Stina Blackstenius struck in the second half on Monday in Paris as they won 1-0 against Canada at the FIFA Women’s World Cup to set up a quarter-final against Germany.
The immediate past President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has traveled out to Toronto, Canada less than a week after his tenure ended.
Yet, it was an unconvincing performance from Canada, who are fifth in the FIFA women’s rankings and were quarter-finalists at the last World Cup
African champions, Nigeria’s D’Tigers, has lined up multiple Grade A friendlies against Dominican Republic and Canada ahead of the 2019 FIBA Men’s World Cup.
The African Development Bank is to receive $1.1 billion from Canada as commitment in temporary callable capital to support the bank, an official of the bank says.
Janine Beckie and substitute Sophie Schmidt scored early in the second half to lift Canada to a 2-1 win over Nigeria’s Super Falcons in a friendly on Monday.
African champions, the Super Falcons, will on Monday battle their Canadian counterparts in a friendly at the Pinatar Stadium in Murcia, Spain.
Former Spain midfielder Xavi Hernandez says FIFA should abandon a proposal to increase the number of teams at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 from 32.
Nigeria’s national men’s basketball team, the D’Tigers, has been placed in Pot 7 by the Federation of International Basketball ahead of the FIBA World Cup draw on March 16.
The Carleton University, Canada has expressed shock at the loss of Prof. Pius Adesanmi, Director, Institute of African Studies, who was among the 18 Canadians killed in Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines disaster.
China’s Foreign Ministry questioned the state of judicial independence in Canada on Friday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government faced accusations at home that it had tried to intervene to stop a corruption trial.
The Igbo Canadian Community Association, comprising all Igbos resident in Canada, has urged the Nigerian electorate to vote massively for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party during the February 16, 2019 presidential poll.
Canada on Thursday said that it targeted sanctions against 17 Saudi Arabian Nationals whom it said were involved in the murder of opposition Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October.