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[files] Secretary Commercial and Trade Commissioner, Deputy Commission of Canada to Nigeria, Sonia Hukil. Photo credit/vapartners

Nigeria, Canada to strengthen bilateral ties

The Canadian government has announced plans to strengthen its trade relationship with Nigeria in its bid to boost both economies’ oil and gas sectors
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(FILES) This file photo taken on May 31, 2021 shows a Huawei logo at the flagship store in Shenzhen, in China's southern Guangdong province. - China on May 20, 2022 hit out at Ottawa for blocking Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE from Canadian 5G networks, saying the ban was "groundless" and based on spurious security risks. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

China condemns Canada’s ‘groundless’ Huawei 5G ban

China on Friday hit out at Ottawa for blocking Chinese telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE from Canadian 5G networks, describing the ban as "groundless" ban and based on spurious security risks.
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Pope Francis greets attendees as he arrives for a meeting with the poor at the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli, near Assisi, on November 12, 2021. - Pope Francis is travelling to the town of Assisi on November 12 for a private meeting with the poor, in preparation for the World Day of the Poor. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Pope to visit Canada in July amid schools abuse scandal

Pope Francis will travel to Canada at the end of July, where he is expected to meet Indigenous survivors of abuse committed at church-run residential schools, the Vatican said Friday.
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Caption: Prof Nduka Otiono (left); Mrs. Olawnmi Asekun, wife of the High Commissioner of Nigeria to Canada; His Excellency, Adeyinka Asekun, the High Commissioner of Nigeria to Canada; and Professor Christine Duff, Director, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Canada, at the recent launch of Prof Otiono’s latest book, DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono, at Carleton University, Canada

Nduka Otiono’s new book, DisPlace, launched in Canada

Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies and the Department of English Language and Literature recently launched Nduka Otiono’s latest book titled DisPlace
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Super Falcons players recite the national team before the start of their Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifier against the Ivory Coast at the Stade Robert Champroux in Abidjan. Photo: Instagram/Super Falcons

Super Falcons lose 0-2 to Canadian counterparts in friendly

Nigeria’s Super Falcons lost 0-2 to their Canadian counterparts on Friday in the first of a two-game encounter between both sides.
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Pope Francis swaps skullcap during the weekly general audience on January 12, 2022 at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)

Pope’s apology to Canada’s Indigenous a ‘step forward’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday welcomed Pope Francis’s apology to Canada’s Indigenous peoples for a century of abuse committed at Church-run residential schools, calling it a “step forward.” Some 150,000 Indigenous,
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Pope Francis waves to faithfuls from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter's Square, as he arrives to hold his weekly Angelus prayer in The Vatican on October 24, 2021. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)

Pope apologises to Canada’s Indigenous for abuse at church-run schools

Pope Francis apologised Friday for abuse committed at church-run residential schools in Canada, telling Indigenous delegations at the Vatican it caused him "pain and shame".
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