By ANITA KNIGHT Welfare Use Among Immigrant Groups: Nigerian Households in Context DATA making the rounds on social media suggests that approximately 33.3% of Nigerians in the United States live in households receiving welfare support — a figure that places them in the middle tier compared with other immigrant communities, some of which report significantly […]
By DIANA CHUKWUKA CANADA’S plan to introduce a new Express Entry category for foreign-trained doctors by early 2026 is raising fresh concerns over Nigeria’s worsening health-worker shortage. Canadian Immigration Minister Lena Diab and Parliamentary Secretary Maggie Chi said the new pathway will offer faster permanent residency to international doctors who have at least one year […]
By ANDERSON (ANDY) CLIFF THE United States has suspended all pending asylum applications and immigration benefit requests submitted by nationals of 19 countries designated as “high-risk,” following a new directive issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Trump administration. According to the internal policy memo released Tuesday, USCIS officers have been […]