Two Nigerians, Gbemisola Akinrinade and Adebowale Adiatu, have been arrested by the Canadian police 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 of the customers who purchased the tickets were from the Calgary area and the flights were primarily to Africa, a press release by the Peel Regional Police on January 26, 2023, stated.
The suspects are facing charges which include fraud, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, possession of property obtained by crime, obtaining by false pretences, and unlawful use of a computer.
According to the police authorities, in many fraud-related cases, people in vulnerable situations are coerced, manipulated and taken advantage of for the profit of the fraudster.
However, they urged individuals to properly source the website they are dealing with and verify its legitimacy. Peel Regional Police said;
“Anyone who recognises or has information about this type of case is asked to contact the 21 Division C.I.B or Fraud Bureau at (905) 453–2121, ext. 2133 or 3335 or to your local police service.
Information may also be left anonymously by calling Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or by visiting peelcrimestoppers.”
A Nigerian woman, Patience Adesuwa Ajao is celebrating after she was promoted as the Branch Manager of a leading bank in Canada.
Taking to Facebook on Saturday, November 12, Mrs Ajao recalled how people said she would never be promoted when she was employed as a Customer Service Representative with the bank eight years ago.
“Upon relocating to Canada eight years ago, I was told to abandon all thoughts of building a career, and just, survive. A few months later, I accepted the Customer Service Representative role with one of Canada’s top five Banks,” she wrote.
Talks in my ears sounded like: you will not get promoted, you will be a teller for life, remember you are black, a woman and an immigrant from Nigeria, three strikes against you.
Forging on, I moved through four roles: Financial Services Representative, Financial Advisor, Manager of Customer Experience, and Assistant Branch Manager.
In addition to having my 3rd child, pregnancy and maternity did not prevent my climb up the ladder. Needless to say, I have since distanced myself from those that never believed in me.
I am blessed to be a part of an organization that has provided a level playing field for everyone. In this month of November 2022, I accepted the promotion to the role of Branch Manager, thank you TD!!
Finally, Dear Immigrants: seek an organization that will accept your potential and believe in yourself that you can attain whatever height you aim for.
Excited crowd of supporters welcomed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to the town hall meeting in Toronto, Canada.
Obi has been touring overseas country to engage Nigerians in Diaspora ahead of the 2023 election.
Excited Supporters Welcome Peter Obi To Canada Town Hall Meeting
An excited crowd of supporters welcomed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to the town hall meeting in Toronto, Canada. pic.twitter.com/KieUeY9ZzJ
Nigeria government may ban flights from the United Kingdom, Argentina, Canada, and Saudi Arabia from coming into Nigeria in a retaliatory move.
The decision may be announced on Tuesday, 14 December according to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika.
The minister in a leaked video obtained by various media houses and seen by Ripples Nigeria, the Minister stressed that the decision to ban these countries was a retaliatory move and would be made public by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC).
The UK had imposed travel restrictions on Nigeria, claiming that 21 cases of Omicron recorded in England were linked to travellers from Nigeria.
But the travel ban was trailed by global outrage with some national and international stakeholders describing it as racist and discriminatory.
The federal government had also condemned the decision of the UK, with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, describing it as discriminatory, unfair, punitive, indefensible, and unjust.
In the Audio the Minister said: “Also, there is a case of Saudi Arabia, which put Nigeria on the banned list – no visa, no travel, et cetera. So also Canada. So, today, there was a meeting, I participated in a zoom meeting, COVID-19 task force, just for your information also.
We have given our input in aviation, it is not acceptable by us and we recommend that those countries – Canada, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and Argentina be also put on Red List, as they did similarly to us.
“If they don’t allow our citizens to go into their countries who are their airlines coming to pick from our country?
“So, I am very sure that in the next few days, between now and Monday, or perhaps Tuesday, at maximum, all those countries will be put on the red list from the PSC (Presidential Steering Committee) from the task force of COVID-19. Once they are put on the red list, which means they are banned, of course, their airlines will be banned.
“I’m so sorry, we are going through a difficult moment, but we have to do it in the interest of our country,” Sirika explained.
A man has taken to microblogging platform, Twitter to recount how a Canada-based Nigerian returned to show support for Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
According to the Twitter user, @ogaten10, the supporter of President Buhari flew down to Nigeria to vote for him and he traveled back after.
He noted how the man happily went back to Canada where electricity is stable.
A Nigerian living in Canada, entered plane, flew back to Nigeria, voted for Buhari and went back to a sane society, with 24/7 electricity.
2015 was hooge”, he tweeted.
See his post:
In other news, one Malik Oluwatobi, on Tuesday appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State for assaulting four police officers.
Police prosecutor, E.O Adaraloye told the court that the 32-year-old defendant assaulted Adesoye Aduratayo, attacked Sokunbi Seun, Sodiya Ajani and Oguntoyinbo Femi.
Mr Oluwatobi was accused of conducting himself in a manner likely to breach the peace by obstructing the policemen and engaging them in a physical fight.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted the sum of N50,000 bail with one surety in like sum by the Magistrate, A.O Adeyemi.
The case was adjourned until November 19 for further hearing.
A US-based Nigerian man has revealed why believes most Nigerians would not like Canada if they eventually move to the North American country.
According to the man simply identified as Femi, a great percentage of Nigerians who often dream or speak of moving to Canada would not like the country because of how boring it is.
Taking to his Twitter account, Femi who lives in Maryland, USA stated that Canada is actually more boring than the United Kingdom and Nigerians would realise this when they move there.
”Most Nigerians wont like Canada when they go there. Its actually more boring than the UK,” he wrote.
See his tweet below:
Most Nigerians wont like Canada when they go there. Its actually more boring than the UK.
His post generated reactions from Nigerians who were opposed to his assertion.
@myklazonline said; Loneliness is better than bad company.
@RealOgbogu; Boring yen gangan ni mo fe
As long as there’s enough money
@drarowolo1; My life here in naija is already boring. Canada can not be more boring than wat it is here. Abeg Femi, show me d VISA. We moooveeeee
@Lakeside5551; Thats why they want to kill those of us in nigeria with whatsapp call. 2h 50m we still dey talk wetin no go comot money. Them go turn you to byforce amebo cos u gat feed them about weytin dey go on for family or area.
@ifeoluwalydia; Tbh, Nigerians don’t relocate to other advanced country because of “fun”. Security, regard for human rights, basic social amenities and many more are reasons we relocate.
@BBB26712829; Thanks for the opinion. We need some boring in our lives as Nigerians. Boring is better than Inflation, death, kidnapping and others.
@Sangodaz; Is Nigeria not boring enough?
We’re used to it already. Let’s have the money and remove the poverty first, then we can see clearly to think about boring. Boring when you gave your car, house, job, and peace of mind from robbers, SARS, and terrorists
@BrosManney; The problem is there is no insecurity made up of terrorism and banditry in Canada.
Then the owambe of Nigerians in various Nigeria town unions and Nigerian churches is so exciting that the boredom is at least slightly addressed. Otherwise it’s boring.
@AdeeyoOlabisi; How i wish Nigeria is boring as Canada…boringness is our hobby
@EngrRamon; Truth is if someone had money and Nigeria was a bit secured no point travelling out
Ontario is now introducing strict new public measures, including:
a six-week stay-at-home order
restrictions on non-essential travel, including checkpoints at the borders with the neighbouring provinces of Quebec and Manitoba
new powers for police to stop and question people who leave home
a halt to non-essential construction
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would help Toronto, the largest city in the country, which has been hard-hit by the latest surge.
“We’re going to do whatever it takes to help. Discussions are ongoing about extra healthcare providers, and we are ready to step up,” he said on Friday.
Why has it suddenly got worse?
New variants – especially the UK variant, B1.1.7 – account for more than two-thirds of infections in Ontario.
Even with vaccinations progressing, the expert panel warned that the number of new cases in Ontario could go as high as 30,000 a day – in a province with 14 million people, 38% of the total population of Canada.
On Friday, Ontario reported 4,812 new cases, its third straight day of setting new records since the pandemic began.
Hospital admissions and the number of patients in intensive care also set records for Ontario: 1,955 and 701, respectively.
image captionNew restrictions on retail have been imposed in Ontario
The expert panel said the best-case scenario would bring new cases down to about 5,000 a day, but only with considerably more stringent public health measures than the ones now in place.
It would also require a vaccination rate of 300,000 a day – three times the current pace.
Last week the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario warned doctors that they might have to start making decisions about who to admit to intensive care, because units were stretched almost to capacity.
The co-chairman of Ontario’s expert panel, Adalsteinn Brown, said Ontario’s hospitals could no longer function normally.
“Our children’s hospitals are admitting adults. This has never happened in Ontario before. It’s never happened in Canada before.”
A field hospital is now being set up in the car park of one of Toronto’s main hospitals.
A Nigerian man has revealed that he never knew about his ingenuity till he went to further his education in Canada.
According to the Twitter user identified as @_Larenzo, he graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) with a third class degree, but when he started studying in Canada, his lecturers were impressed with his problem solving skills.
He later discovered after taking an IQ test, that he was a genius whose intelligence was greatly underrated owing to Nigeria’s falling standard of education.
According to @_Larenzo, he topped his class upon graduation from the university in Canada.
He made this revelation in response to a tweet that spoke on how people lose opportunities simply because they are Nigerians.
In OAU I graduated with a 3rd class, In Canada my lecturers urged me to take an IQ test after they saw my methods in solving shit.
Turns out I’m a genius. By my test results I’m smarter that 99% of the world and yes I topped my class.
Who would have known,” Larenzo shared.
See his post:
In OAU I graduated with a 3rd class, In Canada my lecturers urged me to take an IQ test after they saw my methods in solving shit.
Turns out I'm a genius. By my test results I'm smarter that 99% of the world and yes I topped my class.
Mexico’s lower house has approved a bill that would legalise the recreational use of cannabis.
It will now go to the Senate for a final vote, which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s party is confident will pass.
Cannabis plant ☘️
This would make Mexico one of the world’s largest regulated markets for cannabis.
Mexico has struggled with a bloody war against powerful drug cartels, with violence killing thousands yearly.
Lawmakers voted in favour of the bill by 316 votes to 129. It had already been approved in the Senate in November but another vote is needed following some alterations by the lower house.
The legislation would let users with a permit carry up to 28g and grow as many as eight plants at home for personal use. At present, it is illegal to carry more than five grams.
It would also allow for other licences for the cultivation, transformation, research and export or import of cannabis, Reuters news agency reports.
Mr López Obrador has argued that the bill could help tackle the country’s powerful drug cartels.
One lawmaker from his Morena party told AFP news agency that the law would help to achieve peace.
However critics have argued that the bill could make marijuana more accessible to children. Others have questioned why Mexicans would be able to buy as much alcohol as they like, yet be liable for prosecution if they grow more than eight cannabis plants.
Should the bill be approved, Mexico would become the third country in the world, after Uruguay and Canada, to legalise cannabis for recreational use nationwide.
A number of foreign cannabis-growing companies from Canada and California are said to be interested in tapping into the market opportunity presented by the legislation.
Canada is a well-known country located in the northern region of America. It is regarded as one of the beautiful and safest place to be in the world today.
One of the users of social media platform known as Twitter, shared on her handle pictures of her residence in Canada.
In accordance to her, she disclosed that she moved to Canada yesterday and she decided to share photos of her residence in Canada, see photos below. she opined that Canada should be more attractive than this, so she made up her mind to share the pictures to inquire if she is in the right place.
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MORE WORLD LEADERS THAT HAVE CONTRACTED COVID19. Naijapremiumgist brings to you popular and influential leaders around the world that have contracted COVID19. Some of them have been declared healthy and fit to continue ruling recently. The countries include:
Iranian leaders
Iran, the epicentre of the Mideast’s initial coronavirus outbreak, has seen several top officials test positive. Among them are Senior Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri and Vice-President Massoumeh Ebtekar. Cabinet members have tested positive, too.
Eshaq Jahangiri
Massoumeh Ebtekar
Indian leaders
Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, 71, recently tested positive but his office said he had no symptoms and was quarantined at home. Home Minister Amit Shah, the No. 2 man in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, was hospitalized for COVID-19 last month and has recovered. Junior Railways Minister Suresh Angadi last week was the first federal minister to die from COVID-19.
Venkaiah Naidu
Amit shah
Suresh Angadi
Israeli leaders
Israel’s then-Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tested positive in April and recovered. Litzman is a leader in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community, which has seen a high rate of infection as many have defied restrictions on religious gatherings. The minister for Jerusalem affairs, Rafi Peretz, tested positive over the summer as cases surged in the country and recovered.
Rafi Peretz
Yaakov Litzman
South African leaders
The country’s Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi were infected as cases surged in June and July.
Mantashe Gwede
Thulas Nxesi
South Sudanese leaders
From South Sudan, Vice-President Riek Machar was among several cabinet ministers infected.
Riek Machar
Naijapremiumgist also observed the Canadian space and here is the information on Canadian politicians and COVID-19
Canadian politicians from federal party leaders down to the municipal level have also been personally affected by COVID-19. Here are a few who have either tested positive or needed to isolate themselves after possible exposure.
Erin O’Toole
The federal Conservative leader and his wife tested positive for the virus last month, not long after O’Toole won the leadership of the party. It’s believed he contracted the virus from a staffer who was in his immediate circle. He emerged from quarantine to deliver his official reply to the Liberals’ throne speech. “We all have to be very cautious,” he said upon his return.
Yves-François Blanchet
The Bloc Québécois leader and his wife also tested positive for the virus last month. He returned to Parliament the same day as O’Toole, saying he was lucky to have caught a mild case of the illness. “Some people go through it much more painfully than I did,” he said. “I was very, very, very lucky. Some people die of that thing.”
Justin Trudeau
The prime minister’s wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, tested positive for COVID-19 on March 12 after a trip to the United Kingdom. The prime minister subsequently went into a 14-day isolation at home with his three kids, just as the pandemic lockdown was beginning in Canada. Trudeau remained in isolation for almost a month, not returning to Parliament Hill until April 8. He never developed symptoms and never got tested for COVID-19, but says he will take an antibody test when they are widely available.
Bill Morneau
The former federal finance minister was one of at least eight MPs who were tested for COVID-19 and self-isolated after meeting with United Nations World Food Program executive director David Beasley in Ottawa on March 11 and March 12. Beasley met privately with Morneau, attended a reception and appeared at a House of Commons committee. Beasley tested positive for COVID-19 about a week later.
Kamal Khera
Kamal Khera
The Brampton-West Liberal MP tested positive for COVID-19 on March 25. She was one of the MPs who met with Beasley, although her office said it was not clear where she contracted the virus.
Seamus O’Regan
The federal minister of natural resources was tested and self-isolated in early March after developing a bad cold. He had gone to a mining conference in Toronto attended by more than 23,000 people from around the world. At least three people at the conference tested positive for COVID-19, but O’Regan was not among them.
Sylvie Parent
The mayor of Longueuil, Que., on Montreal’s south shore, tested positive for COVID-19 last month. Her positive test led to the isolation and testing of at least seven other Quebec politicians, including three provincial cabinet minister
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