NEWS

Canada Commits $15.75 million to Empower Nigerian Women Through ActionAid’s Renewed Leadership Project

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2025

The Government of Canada has pledged to support the second phase of the Women’s Voice and Leadership Nigeria (WVL-N) Project implemented by ActionAid Nigeria with 15.75 million Canadian dollars, This five-year initiative is designed to strengthen women’s rights organisations, promote

COLUMNS

Ribadu’s Fury Over Canada Visa Refusal

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2025

By Azu Ishiekwene Many Nigerians experience visa refusal daily. They don’t need the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, to invoke hell against any country to make the point. Unfortunately, Ribadu’s fury after the Canadian High Commission refused visas to Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa and other officials for the winter Invictus Games […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Omicron: Hong Kong bans flights from UK, US, Canada, others

Daily Dispatch January 5, 2022

Hong Kong announced strict new anti-coronavirus controls on Wednesday, banning flights from eight nations, shuttering bars and gyms and cancelling evening restaurant dining after the Omicron variant was detected within the city. The restrictions are the latest economic blow to an international business hub pursuing a zero-Covid strategy that has kept cases low but left

HEALTH

FG restricts airlines from UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia in reciprocity over Omicron COVID-19

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2021

With effect from Tuesday, Dec. 14, the Federal Government will restrict airlines coming from Canada, United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia into Nigeria. Minister of Aviation, Capt. Hadi Sirika, announced the decision on Sunday in Lagos and explained that it was to reciprocate restricted flights from Nigeria into those countries over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. […]

NEWS

Ooni hires chartered flight for stranded Nigerians in US, Canada

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2020

The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II in collaboration with others have paid for a charter flight to bring back stranded Nigerians in the United States of America and Canada. According to the monarch, the pandemic is a collective fight that requires support both at home and abroad. “I did not think […]