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A fire at the Canadian High Commission in Nigeria’s capital killed two people and injured two others, the local emergency services said Monday. The fire broke out in the morning while workers ...
Canada on Monday halted operations at its embassy in Nigeria until further notice and issued a warning against nonessential travel to the west African nation, joining the United States and United ...
Nigerian Canadians are a Canadian ethnic group of Nigerian descent. Nigerians began migrating to Canada during the 1967–1970 Nigerian Civil War . [ 2 ] Nigerians were not broken out separately in immigration statistics until 1973. 3,919 landed immigrants of Nigerian nationality arrived in Canada from 1973 to 1991.
There were 51,835 people who self identified as Nigerian Canadian in the 2016 census. [1] Additionally, 18,315 people identified Igbo as their mother tongue and 8,850 people said that they had some knowledge of Igbo.many are descendants of African American slaves who escaped using the Underground Railroad with some coming from west Africa and ...
According to the 2016 Canadian census by Statistics Canada, 16,210 respondents spoke Yoruba at home ranking it as one of the most spoken Niger-Congo language in the country. Many are descendants of African American slaves while recent migrants come directly from West Africa .
Nigeria’s election commission this afternoon held a news conference as voting continues in some areas of the country (26 February). Delays, attacks on polling stations, and concerns of ...
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Afcon quarter-finals: Africa Cup of Nations fixtures, start times and TV channels. FT - Nigeria 1-0 Angola. 19:45, Reuters. Nigeria were the first side to book a semi-final berth at the Africa Cup ...