According to a letter from Administrator Emily Murphy sent Monday afternoon and obtained by CNN, the U.S. presidential transition will now officially commence. This is coming after the General Services Administration informed the Biden camp that Joe Biden who has been determined to be the apparent winner of the election, that the Trump administration is...
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Minister Ng introduces requests for WTO reform
In the Wake of the end of talks between Canada and the United Kingdom to ensure continuity of trade post Covid-19, today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade hosted a virtual ministerial meeting of the Ottawa Group on World Trade Organization (WTO) reform to discuss progress on the...
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FG’S Letter to CNN
23 Nov. 2020 Mr. Jonathan Hawkins VP, Communications CNN Centre Atlanta, Georgia U.S, RE: HOW A BLOODY NIGHT OF BULLETS QUASHED A YOUNG PROTEST MOVEMENT Our attention has been drawn to an ‘investigation’ by CNN, entitled ‘How a Bloody Night of Bullets Quashed a Young Protest Movement’ and aired on 18 Nov. 2020, in which...
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Canada – United Kingdom ends talks on transitional trade
In light of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union and by extension the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Government of Canada has been working hard to ensure continuity for Canada-United Kingdom trade – especially economic recovery post COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export...
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Fela Shrine to be closed by Nigeria Police Force
Lagos State Police Command has threatened to close the African Shrine, Ikeja, over the hosting of a meeting, which is organised by Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, that was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday at the African Shrine by 12 noon, themed “Mass meeting of a movement of the...
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Media Freedom Award announced by Canada and U.K
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dominic Raab, the United Kingdom’s First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, today announced the winner of the first Canada-United Kingdom Media Freedom Award to recognize the journalists, individuals, and organizations that actively promote and protect media freedom. The...
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Canada slams China’s decision to remove democracy
After China moved toward full control of Hong Kong, Canada backs up Hong Kong by issuing a statement today. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated that China’s campaign to disqualify pro-democracy legislators is yet another breach of the city’s Basic Law and undermines Hong Kong’s long-term stability. Imploring China to respect its...
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President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana is Dead
Jerry John Rawlings former Ghanaian military leader and subsequent a politician who ruled the country from 1981 to 2001 and also for a brief period in 1979 died of coronavirus-related complications at the age of 73, according to multiple reports from Ghanaian media. This development comes less than a month after he buried his mother. ...
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DJ SWITCH ASYLUM NOT GRANTED
The government of Canada has clarified claims by persons peddling on social media that DJ switch has been granted asylum in Canada. The Canadian High Commission in Nigeria has referred individuals who want to immigrate to Canada to the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada website. They wrote: “you cannot apply directly for resettlement. You must...
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President Buhari Reinstates Prof. Ogundipe As UNILAG VC
President Muhammadu Buhari has restored Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) a new report says. According to a statement by Ben-Bem Goong, Director Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Education titled, ‘Re: Report of special visitation panel to UNILAG’. Buhari also dissolved the Governing Council of...
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Trump Run Amok
Twitter has gone on run amok in Canada, with the hashtag ‘Trump Concede’ This is because President Donald Trump is yet to concede defeat in the U.S presidential elections to Joe Biden. Trump’s personal attorneys have filed lawsuits in battleground states to request a recount. Trump’s campaign team claims that they have witnesses who have...
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Launch of Generation Equality Campaign in Nigeria
Generation equality campaign has been launched in Nigeria. On Monday evening the UN Women team Nigeria where joined by Hon. Minister Women’s Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, and other distinguished generation equality advocates in Nigeria. Amina J. Mohammad in her speech highlighted how the Beijing conference...