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The Janaza (funeral) prayer service for Sina Ghami and Abdul Latif Kevin Ayodele, close friends of boxing star Anthony Joshua, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, January 4, 2026.

The bodies of Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele were repatriated to the United Kingdom following the fatal crash in Nigeria.

The service will begin at 10am at the London Central Mosque, 146 Park Road, London NW8 7RG.

A Saturday statement announcing the funeral, shared by Boxing King Media, disclosed this, saying: “Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and loved ones.”

Ghami and Ayodele tragically died in a road crash in Nigeria late last year, on Monday December 29, 2025, where Joshua was also involved but escaped with minor injuries.

The accident occurred on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in the Makun area of Ogun State, when the Lexus SUV carrying Anthony Joshua collided with a stationary truck, killing his strength and conditioning coach, Sina Ghami, and personal trainer, Latif “Latz” Ayodele, at the scene.

The funeral in London will allow family, friends, and the boxing community to pay their final respects.

JoeEeL:
Too much noise over nothing. Aniocha is Olukumi and Olukumi are Yoruba people.

muyico:
Tribalism everywhere
Let share our culture and traditions in loves and peace 🕊️

Peng12345:
It's a nice car but note, no second hand value

Mrcashout247:
everybody can see something but not everybody has the courage to go after a thing that is what differentiate people in the pursuit of greatness

fitinwell:
Then fine, deport them if they violated there Laws...

fitinwell:
Why would canada want to deport , hard working Nigerians.. i thought they said they are shortage of workers...

Let them Stay.. except they break your Laws and committed crimes.. you can deport them.

Be your brothers keeper

BiggestMarket:
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jmoore:
Same op that said Nigeria is the best thing.

coputa, say what again?

Canada deported 366 Nigerians between January and October 2025, as it intensified its immigration enforcement drive at the fastest pace in over a decade, official data obtained by Saturday PUNCH has shown.

The figure, obtained from the Canada Border Services Agency removals programme statistics, also revealed that 974 Nigerians are currently in the “removal in progress” inventory, awaiting deportation from Canada.

The latest statistics, updated on November 25, 2025, showed that Nigeria ranked ninth among the top 10 nationalities deported from Canada in the under review, with 974 Nigerians in the fifth position among those awaiting removal.

A breakdown of the data showed that Nigerian deportations have fluctuated over the years.


In 2019, Canada removed 339 Nigerians; this dropped to 302 in 2020, then to 242 in 2021, and to 199 in 2022.

While Nigeria did not feature in the top 10 in 2023 and 2024, it returned to the list in 2025, recording 366 removals in just 10 months.

This represented an eight per cent increase compared to the 2019 figure.

The deportations come amid Canada’s aggressive immigration crackdown, with the CBSA now removing nearly 400 foreign nationals weekly, the highest rate in over a decade.

In fiscal year 2024-2025, Canada removed 18,048 people, spending approximately $78m in the process.

Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the CBSA is legally obligated to remove any foreign national with an enforceable removal order.

Individuals may be found inadmissible and face removal for several reasons, including security grounds, human or international rights violations, criminality, organised crime, health grounds, financial reasons, misrepresentation, and non-compliance with immigration rules.

The majority of those being removed, about 83 per cent, are failed refugee claimants whose asylum applications were denied.

Criminality accounts for about four per cent of removals.

Canadian law stipulates three types of removal orders: departure orders, which require individuals to leave within 30 days; exclusion orders, which bar re-entry for one to five years; and deportation orders, which permanently bar individuals from returning unless they obtain special authorisation.

The Canadian government says it is intensifying deportations to tighten immigration targets and address concerns over housing shortages, labour market pressures, and border security.

It also allocated an additional $30.5m over three years to bolster removal efforts, while committing $1.3bn to enhance border security.

President of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, Aisling Bondy, had expressed concern that deportations may ramp up further if Bill C-12, also known as the ‘border bill,’ passes.

“One of the clauses in that bill is that a lot of people will be permanently banned from filing a refugee claim in Canada,” Bondy said.

Analysis of the CBSA data revealed that Nigeria is the only African country featured in the top 10 nationalities for deportations in 2025.

Other African nations are grouped under “remaining nationals,” which accounted for 6,233 removals in 2025.

The top 10 countries for removals in 2025 are: Mexico (3,972), India (2,831), Haiti (2,012), Colombia (737), Romania (672), United States (656), Venezuela (562), China (385), Nigeria (366), and Pakistan (359).

Similarly, in the removal-in-progress record, Nigeria (974) is the only African country listed in the top 10. The inventory is led by India (6,515), followed by Mexico (4,650), the United States (1,704), China (1,430), Nigeria (974), Colombia (895), Pakistan (863), Haiti (741), Brazil (650), and Chile (621).

Canada remains a popular destination for Nigerians seeking better opportunities. According to the 2021 Canadian census, over 40,000 Nigerians moved to Canada between 2016 and 2021, making them the fifth-largest recent immigrant group and the largest population of African migrants to Canada.

Data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada showed that 6,600 Nigerians arrived as new permanent residents in the first four months of 2024, making Nigerians the fourth-largest international population to obtain permanent residency, after India, the Philippines, and China.

Between 2005 and 2024, over 71,459 Nigerians obtained Canadian citizenship, placing Nigeria 10th among source countries for new Canadian citizens.

Canada’s ageing population and labour shortages have made it an attractive destination for skilled professionals and students from Nigeria.

Adedamola Joshua, an uncle of former world boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, shared his thoughts with BANKOLE TAIWO on the accident that claimed the lives of two of the boxer’s friends, the trauma the family is facing after getting the news of the incident, among other issues

How did you get to know about the accident involving the former world boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, and two of his friends?

Well, some of us are not really used to social media, so we didn’t get to hear of it on time. But around 1 pm, one of my church members, a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, called to inform me of the accident and it was like I had never in my life heard that people were involved in an accident. How can Anthony Joshua be involved in an accident? It sounded so impossible, but it actually happened; it is unfortunate.

How is the family coping with this incident?

It has really left us in shock because this is not the first, the second, or the third time he has been coming home, so what happened? Why now? He just arrived in the country six hours ago on that day, and was eager to see his family in Sagamu, only for things to go the way they went.

He could have decided to say that he wanted to spend some time with the Governor of Lagos State (Babajide Sanwo-Olu) or other influential Nigerians, but he said that he wanted to be with his family in Sagamu. It is really painful that such an incident happened.

What was he actually coming home to do?

He has always come home around Yuletide to enjoy the festive period with the family. It’s something he has been doing for some time; it’s nothing unusual.

But we heard that there is an annual gathering that the Joshua family usually holds here. How true is that?

The annual gathering for all the Joshua family has been stopped because our elder brother, who used to coordinate it, died, and there was no one to pick up the coordination again. So, the gathering died naturally.

However, when Joshua comes around, he stays with the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, the Akarigbo, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, and others.

Have Anthony Joshua’s parents always been in Nigeria, or did they fly in because of the accident?

They are mostly in Nigeria, especially the father of the boxer; they have businesses they are managing in the country, although the mother is always with his son in the UK, but she also comes home. So, they are not far from home at all.

What would you say about the emergency service after the accident involving the boxer?

I want to condemn the lackadaisical attitude of our government towards anything emergency. To see Joshua crossing the median after the accident when he was supposed to be on a stretcher was distressing.

When you are in such trauma, the stress must be minimised; he was supposed to have been put in an ambulance and from there be treated. If it had been abroad, a helicopter would have arrived at the scene within five minutes for the evacuation of the victims of the accident.

It is an eyesore for the people alive to see such a gory scene of the accident that is now being circulated on social media. The government should deploy more ambulances on that stretch of the road, because accidents are always happening on that road. It is not enough to have the officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps checking vehicle documents; let there be ambulances too, stationed along this road.



Some people at the scene of the accident have also been criticised for making videos instead of helping to evacuate victims. What’s your take on this?

Some Nigerians act badly at accident scenes. When they are supposed to help, you will see them bringing out their phones to make videos and even steal from the victims. That is not right.

We even heard that Anthony Joshua’s phone was stolen during the accident; such attitudes must be discouraged. The police and other emergency responders should get to the scene of an accident on time and cordon off the place.

There is also the need to step up enlightenment across our motor parks and even for all Nigerians that we owe it a national duty to immediately call emergency toll lines to inform the appropriate agencies whenever we come across emergency situations like accidents, fire disasters, among others.

Unfortunately, many Nigerians don’t even know the numbers to call during emergencies, whereas anybody can find himself or herself in an emergency at any time.

The government has sincerely done its best. Governors Dapo Abiodun and Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Ogun and Lagos states, respectively, have ensured that the boxer received the very best medical service.

President Bola Tinubu is equally in touch with our son; he has spoken to him and the parents and assured them of the government’s support at all times. We really show our gratitude to the government for this massive support.

I even want to suggest that for some of our icons, like Anthony Joshua, the government can provide detailed escorts and professional drivers to drive these people whenever they are in town.

Do you know the driver?

I don’t know him, but for a driver to have been said to be on top speed and overtake at the same time, then it leaves much to be desired of such a driver.

Has there always been someone who drives the boxer whenever he is at home, or was this particular driver just engaged?

I really don’t know, because it is not as if everyone will know whenever he is coming home until he arrives in Nigeria. I don’t have information regarding who drives him.

However, I strongly pray that the government will guard against any future occurrence of this tragedy by providing expert drivers who can help people of Joshua’s calibre navigate their way whenever they are in Nigeria.

It is also important that we educate these top celebrities that whenever they are coming around, they should get reasonable people around them, especially those who will be behind the wheel. They must prioritise their safety and seek help where necessary.

How has this tragic incident impacted the mood of the family this festive period?
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It has really cast a shadow on our celebration. How can you celebrate when your son is in the hospital and two of his friends who were in the country to spend the vacation with him are being taken back in body bags? It is an incident that has shaken the Joshua family.[/b]

This is a family that is not strange to travelling all around the world; we have many Joshuas in the US, Canada, the UK, etc. My own two children are living in Italy; we have never witnessed this kind of tragedy; it is really overwhelming. It is a big shock. Since our father, Chief Adebambo Joshua (Anthony Joshua’s great-grandfather), died in 1964, we have never been so unhappy.

How do you feel now that Anthony Joshua has been discharged from the hospital?

We heaved a sigh of relief when we heard that he had been discharged from the hospital; we thank God, but we thought about how good it would have been if his two friends had survived the crash too.

Our joy would have been unspeakable. That loss is really a trauma for us as a family.

Do you think that this accident can negatively impact Joshua’s career as a boxer?

It is not impossible; some are even speculating that he is considering retirement from the sport. All of these are in the realm of speculation, but our prayer is that he would continue to grow stronger and come out of this trying time much stronger than ever before.

Will this incident not discourage the boxer from coming home again?

It might definitely discourage him because for two people who were reported to have been his personal friends and trainers to have died right on the spot, six hours after they arrived in the country, is something terrible.

We sincerely pray to the Almighty God to give him the courage to pull through this trying time.

Let me also use this medium, on behalf of the Joshuas at home and in the diaspora, to register our condolences with the families and associates of the friends of our beloved son, whose lives came to an abrupt end during the accident.

We pray that the souls of the departed will rest in peace and that the Almighty God will also grant each of us touched by this tragic incident the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.

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justyhere:
Okay, in their case. It was Jiji where they claim to help merchant get visibility for their products. Gave me simple tasks to do and paid for it

justyhere:
I mentioned Telegram there, didn’t see? You weren’t reading to understand

justyhere:
Some people might call it old format or try to invalidate my loss but I am putting it out here for others to learn from. Getting ripped off your hard earned money is extremely painful. I just lost hundreds of thousands to scammers on telegram who came with ROI business, they paid me the first set and that’s why I became comfortable with throwing in all I had. I even borrowed, only for them to keep asking for more so that I could earn higher. That’s when it dawned on me that they were doing all they could to get as much as they could. I fell for it not because I am stupid and I am trying to forgive myself for it. I tried reporting to the banks involved, the processes felt like a dead end which would come after I have spent more money. If you are into scams, Omo I have no words for you, how comfortable you are deceiving and ripping other people off. Have you ever been scammed? What’s your story like? Maybe if I read from y’all, I might just be able to finally accept my loss and move on.

Kobojunkie:
The fact that your religious delusions --- spiritual mumbo jumbo--- have more than proven themselves or more detriment than actual benefit in Nigeria where over 99% of the people profess one religion or another, it is more than, we have all the evidence needed to declare religion of no real value to those who desire societal progress and advancements in community. 🥱🥱🥱

Seeplusplus:
Christian it's good to pray and commit the new year journey into the hard of God
into the hand of GOD.

Kobojunkie:
The ritual is, of course, a colossal waste of time as you gain absolutely nothing from that singing and screaming using the many mentions of God as though your many mind games move God. It is utterly ridiculous how people are even convinced that God is moved by such nonsense when ordinary men do not even flinch when the same games are played on them. Like, say religious people believe God is their celestial mumu

You gain more from partying with others out in the streets, halls, and clubs, as you get a chance to make new friends, network, and have a good time without dealing with the regrets of the past year. Imagine walking away this evening with at least 5 contacts that could help change your business or outlook for the better in this new year. How many of those who attend your night vigils do you know of that can, in fact, help you in any way or form?

Hackman1994:
My mumu Gf told me , she has one man that can help me with job that I should pay money.
I paid 200k money through her to give to the man for upto 4 months nothing.
One story to other

Natbrowny:
Gummi is part of Federal Govt. So he works for FG and FG provides for him

Just like Sokoto's Sultan
Just like OBJ
Just like IBB
Just like some other god forsaken fathers in the underground of NIGERIAN political space

Now some of these Dons are unknown, they gat zero fame. Some become head of govt hence the fame.


Gummi is like. Eeeeeermn what can i call it to make us understand.


Ok I'll go with illuminati

PureSperm:
Happy new year to every Nairalander out there .

2025 was really a very tough year for many average Nigerians, including myself but thank God we were able to scale through.

But just as the curtain of last year drew close,I sat down and thought about my life, generally. And one thing I realized, thought aloud about and asked myself was--"Do I have helpers at all?" . Like who do I call should troubles come knocking on my door?" "Do I have the kind of friends who can raise up to a million naira for me in times of emergency?". These questions,tho seemed rhetorical but they kept ringing in my head all through last night .

In my own little way,I have been of help to my friends and family,especially those within my circle and they can attest to that as a fact. But should the table turn, would they be able to replicate such helps? Well,I don't think so coz the one and only time I got myself into trouble,I was abandoned and I felt how isolation feels like for the first time. So I think it's high time I reduced my circle to the minimal state of better still take myself off any circle that isn't beneficiary to me.

So my fellow Nairalanders,who do you call upon in your times of need or troubles?

Mynd44 Seun Dominique nlfpmod obembet.

Vibesman101:
That is also starting.
Like the photos above are my own feasibility study so I will be sure when I invest the big cash

Vibesman101:
That's why you had all through last year so this next will be for executing the plans

Vibesman101:
Stolen or not what you have in mind whether spoken or not you should start now

etokhana:
Atiku Abubakar's New Year Message To Nigerians


source

Vibesman101:
It's the beginning of a new year and this is the right time to start your dream businesses or investment.
So the question here is what kind of business or investment would you like to start and how much is the capital needed and how much is going to be your daily profit.
For me I'm starting small with just 1k capital and my daily profits starts from 2% and above and I will grow from there.

grandstar:
Today is the D-Day the new tax laws comes into effect

I intentionally withdrew a lot of cash out of fear my debit card would cease to work.

So, has anyone experienced any problems?