Canada has announced visa-free travel for visitors from 13 different countries across Asia, Africa, Central and South America on Tuesday.

The visa-free travel is extended to Antigua and Barbuda, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts-Nevis, Panama, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Morocco, Seychelles, st. Vincent and the Grenadines, Thailand and the Philippines, according to the Canadian government.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/06/08/nigeria-is-left-out-as-canada-adds-two-other-african-countries-to-its-visa-free-travel-list/

It’s been 35 days since Antonio Conte’s rant after the Southampton game about this Spurs team. He was right then and he’s still right.
https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/04/23/newcastle-defeated-tottenham-6-1-a-shambolic-performance/

Comedian, Ayo Makun, popularly called, AY Comedian has opened up about his long-time beef with his colleague, Basket Mouth.

In an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, AY revealed how Basketmouth used to connect him with events when he was starting out in the comedy industry, and how a particular event sparked the rift.

[url]https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/27/my-17-year-feud-with-basketmouth-began-because-i-was-owed-%e2%82%a630k-according-to-comedian-ay/[/url]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday flew out to Guinea-Bissau for the reverse fixture of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/27/super-eagles-depart-for-bissau-to-face-djurtus-in-the-afcon-qualifier/

Guinea U-23 head coach, Morlaye Cisse is upbeat his team will beat the Olympic Eagles to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations ticket.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/23/in-rabat-well-defeat-the-olympic-eagles-says-guinea-coach-cisse/

The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has defeated the All Progressive Party to win Saturday’s governorship election in Kano State.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/20/kabir-of-the-nnpp-is-proclaimed-the-winner-of-the-kano-governorship-by-inec/

The third-richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, who owns Amazon, has disclosed plans for the Project Kuiper satellite internet dishes. Amazon’s decision puts Elon Musk’s Starlink, which just debuted in Nigeria, squarely in competition with it.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/19/as-amazon-releases-more-affordable-portable-satellite-internet-devices-jeff-bezos-challenges-elon-musks-starlink/

The driver of the Lagos State Government staff bus that was involved in the incident that led to a train colliding with the bus at the PWD/ Shogunle railway line, on the Agege motor road in Lagos, on Thursday, has appealed to victims of the accident to forgive him.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/11/driver-of-a-lagos-brt-asks-for-forgiveness-after-crashing-with-a-train-report/

Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on drainages, Joe Igbokwe has declared that the president-elect Bola Tinubu will remain Nigeria’s president until 2031 and thereafter, handover power to a northerner who will rule the country till 2039.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/11/joe-igbokwe-a-northerner-will-succeed-tinubu-as-ruler-of-nigeria-in-2031/

It was a painful sight, yesterday, as scores of victims of the Lagos bus–train collision were being attended to by medical doctors at Lagos State University Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/10/in-the-lagos-train-bus-collision-six-people-died-and-79-were-injured/

No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead, while others sustained injuries, in an accident involving a moving train and a Lagos State government Staff bus, at Shogunle area of Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday.

One of the survivors of the accident, simply called Titilayo, revealed that they begged the driver of the bus to wait for the train to pass, but he refused.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/10/we-asked-the-driver-to-wait-but-he-refused-survivor-train-brt-crash/

Governor Nyesom Wike has threatened to chase those who made the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) party lost the presidential poll conducted nationwide on February 25 from the party.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/09/wike-well-drive-those-who-caused-pdp-to-lose-the-presidential-election-away/

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, embarked on a campaign tour of major markets populated by people from the South-East.

Sanwo-Olu took a tour of the markets ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, following the open endorsement for his re-election by the Ndigbo community in the state.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/08/sanwo-olu-guarantees-the-security-of-igbo-businessmen/

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu are wide awake ahead of the next round of general elections.

The governorship and House of Assembly polls will be held on Saturday, two weeks after the presidential and National Assembly exercise.
https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/06/obis-success-in-lagos-strengthens-lp-making-apc-and-sanwo-olu-uneasy/

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been officially declared the President-elect and presented his certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/05/key-components-that-influenced-tinubus-success/

Atiku said Mr Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, could not have gotten the constitutionally required spread needed to emerge president.
Obi was in a rush — Atiku
While responding to a question from a journalist, Atiku said the LP candidate left the PDP before the primaries because he was scared of the PDP governors, who had resolved that a candidate must emerge from their ranks.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/03/obi-couldnt-have-won-the-presidential-election-atiku/The shipping Returns and the

After a crazy week filled with anxiety-inducing news, take a break and unwind with these interesting titles.
Let's face it: this week has been stressful, regardless of who you voted for in the Nigerian presidential election.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/04/5-nigerian-films-that-help-you-relax-during-election-tension/

The National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Betta Edu, has disclosed that her party has opened talks with the Labour Party to form an alliance ahead of the Saturday, March 11 governorship election in Cross Rivers State.
https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/04/apc-and-labour-party-collaborate-to-win-the-cross-river-gubernatorial-election-betta-edu/

The World Health Organisation (WHO), says about 135 million people in Africa have ear and hearing problems.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/04/almost-135-million-africans-suffer-from-ear-and-hearing-issues/

Peter Obi vows to challenge the result of the election in court, saying he, rather than Bola Tinubu of the APC, won the election.
On 2 March, the candidate of the Labour Party in the just-concluded 2023 presidential election, addressed a press conference in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital rejecting the outcome of the poll.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/03/peter-obi-disagrees-with-the-results-of-the-2023-presidential-election-full-speech/

The Trudeau administration has extended the interim rule by a further two years, allowing visitors to Canada to continue to apply for work permits while they are there.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/02/canada-has-expanded-its-policy-to-allow-travelers-with-legitimate-job-offers-to-apply-for-work-visas/

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, congratulated the winner of the 2023 presidential election and andidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and urged any aggrieved person to go to court.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/02/losers-should-go-to-court-rather-than-the-streets-buhari/

Three political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and the African Democratic Congress, have called on INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, to step down from further presiding over the ongoing election process on account of his alleged biases.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/01/pdp-lp-adc-demand-the-cancellation-of-the-presidential-election-and-the-resignation-of-the-inec-chairman/

President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has called on his fellow contestants- Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party and others to join him in making Nigeria a great nation.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/01/join-me-in-building-a-great-nigeria-woos-atiku-and-obi/

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the president-elect.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/03/01/inec-announces-tinubu-as-the-winner-of-the-presidential-election/

The winners of the 2022 Best FIFA Awards were announced on Monday night.

Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas went home with the top two individual awards at the ceremony in Paris.
https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/28/best-of-fifa-award-recipients-full-list/

Humans are social beings, and since time immemorial we have sought ways to deepen our connection with others. Since the advent of social media, this connection has grown as a lot of our conversations have gone online.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/28/tips-for-safeguarding-your-social-media-accounts/

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has emerged the winner of last Saturday’s election in Kaduna State.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/28/atiku-wins-the-kaduna-election-election-results/

The UK is to hold a minute's silence to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The silence at 11:00 GMT will commemorate the war, which has seen thousands of civilians and soldiers killed and injured.

Crowds gathered in London's Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening for a vigil.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will urge allies to "move faster" in arming Ukraine, at a meeting of the G7 later.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/24/ukraine-war-uk-will-observe-a-moment-of-silence-for-the-anniversary/

The arrest of Simon Ekpa, a self-described follower of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has prompted a response from Nigerian artist Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, also known as Charly Boy.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/24/simon-ekpas-arrest-prompted-charly-boy-to-scream-may-he-burn-in-hell/

The Supreme Court on Wednesday scheduled judgement on the lawsuit filed by governors against the Buhari regime for March 3 over naira notes.

https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/22/the-supreme-court-has-set-march-3-for-its-decision-in-the-states-petition-against-buhari/

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he takes instructions from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of Saturday’s general election.

Buhari spoke as he met with the chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmoud Yakbub, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over the forthcoming elections.
https://acrosstheweb.com.ng/2023/02/22/buhari-i-follow-inecs-directives/