1,238 result(s)
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Nwaeme v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2017 FC 705 - 2017-07-24
Federal Court DecisionsThe British Council In Nigeria report says that almost “half of unmarried women in parts of southern Nigeria have experienced physical violence”... [...] “Perception of Womanhood in Nigeria and the Challenge of Development” [...] Moreover, I find that family reunification will take place between the applicant and her family in Nigeria should she return to Nigeria.
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Ogunyinka v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2015 FC 595 - 2015-05-06
Federal Court Decisions[9] The H&C then assessed the documentation pertaining to the country conditions in Nigeria with regards to discrimination and stigmatization of people living with HIV, current health policy in Nigeria and other international reports on medicals services and treatment available in Nigeria for people living with [...] The Applicant specifically refers to the document referenced to as “Motherland Nigeria: Healthcare” in the decision, which refers to the health policy in Nigeria. [...] (2) Availability of Treatment in Nigeria [31] The Applicant also argues that the H&C officer erred in her assessment of the availability of treatment in Nigeria.
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Onwujiuba v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2023 FC 1691 - 2023-12-14
Federal Court Decisions[3] The Principal Applicant is a citizen of Nigeria who entered Canada in August 2016 with her youngest daughter, the Associate Applicant, who is a citizen of both the United States and Nigeria. [...] The Principal Applicant has four other children living in Nigeria with her ex-husband. [...] “I cannot determine Favour’s needs will not be met in Nigeria.” “I conclude Ms. Onwujiuba has submitted insufficient evidence to determine Favour’s best interests cannot be met in Nigeria.
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Adeyemi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2022 FC 167 - 2022-02-09
Federal Court Decisions[2] The Applicant, Adebayo Olawale Adeyemi, is a citizen of Nigeria. [...] The Applicant claims that Nigeria does not provide assistance to disabled people. [...] The Applicant’s claim that Nigeria does not provide assistance to disabled people;
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Okohue v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2020 FC 100 - 2020-01-23
Federal Court DecisionsIn the H&C application, the Applicants submitted that they would face hardship to re-establish themselves in Nigeria, based on the “bizarre” country conditions in Nigeria. [...] [11] The Applicants also submitted that there is a lack of state protection in Nigeria. [...] climate existed in Nigeria, the Officer noted the process of reestablishment in such circumstances is an ordinary consequence of removal, and found that the Principal Applicant would be able to find gainful employment in Nigeria as she worked as a hairdresser for eight years in Nigeria prior to her departure to Canada.
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Macaulay v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2022 FC 1458 - 2022-10-25
Federal Court DecisionsThe Officer found that although the conditions in Nigeria are not favourable, the evidence did not satisfy that Applicant’s fundamental rights would be denied upon return to Nigeria. [...] [12] The Officer noted that while it may be difficult for the Applicant to return to Nigeria after almost nine years in Canada, she spent the majority of her life in Nigeria and her mother, father and brother all reside there. [...] [18] The Applicant submits that the Officer equated Canada with Nigeria, only drawing “cosmetic distinctions” by concluding that the Applicant could resume her life in Nigeria, without considering the history of suffering the Applicant left behind and the socio-economic hardships plaguing Nigeria.
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Anjorin v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2015 FC 1002 - 2015-08-24
Federal Court Decisions[5] The Applicant is a citizen of Nigeria. He has no immediate family members in Canada and indicates that his parents reside in Nigeria. [...] [6] The Applicant states that his father and brother were both Christian pastors in Nigeria. [...] A. Hardship Relating to Risk/Harm and Adverse Country Conditions in Nigeria
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Ifeanyi v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 419 - 2018-04-19
Federal Court Decisions(2) Medical care and treatment for people with HIV-positive status in Nigeria [...] In essence, they contend that the RAD erred in deciding that they would not face persecution in Nigeria by engaging in a flawed analysis of the objective conditions prevailing in Nigeria. [...] Not all HIV-positive persons are subject to persecution or physical harm in Nigeria; Mr. and Mrs. Eke had not been personally subject to persecution when they went back to Nigeria in 2015.
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Ebonka v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2009 FC 80 - 2009-01-27
Federal Court Decisions1. the country conditions in Nigeria and the risk of harm to the applicant if returned; [...] 1. the loss of the applicant’s replacement income, if returned to Nigeria; [...] 3. the loss of the applicant’s employment training, if returned to Nigeria;
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Ogbolu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2022 FC 129 - 2022-02-03
Federal Court DecisionsThe Officer found that the Applicants had not established that they had personally experienced poverty while living in Nigeria and that they presented insufficient evidence that they would be unable to support themselves should they return to Nigeria. [...] The Officer noted that the Principal Applicant had several family members living in Nigeria and found that the Applicants had not provided sufficient evidence to show that the Applicants would not be able to create a new social network in Nigeria. [...] [36] The Applicants assert that the Officer had before them objective evidence of the risk to the Principal Applicant of being subjected to FGM upon her return to Nigeria – namely a Thomson Reuters Foundation’s article entitled “Nigeria: The Law and FGM”.
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Ajieh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2003 FCT 266 - 2003-03-03
Federal Court DecisionsHaving obtained the visa, he then returned to Nigeria to obtain funds to finance his trip and he departed from Nigeria on May 4, 2000 enroute to Canada, travelling on a Nigerian passport, with a visitor's visa to enter Canada. [...] He believed that the government of Nigeria was incapable of protecting him. [...] In the result, the panel concluded that adequate state protection was available to the applicant in Nigeria.
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Ojie v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2018 FC 342 - 2018-03-27
Federal Court DecisionsShe also told him that the police in Nigeria were actively pursuing him. [...] ... [T]he applicant has not linked this evidence [articles reporting on homosexuality in Nigeria] to his personal situation in Nigeria and it therefore does not support that he faces hardship in Nigeria based on his homosexuality. [...] [37] One affidavit was from the Applicant’s same sex partner, who is also from Nigeria.
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Famurewa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2016 FC 409 - 2016-04-13
Federal Court DecisionsA. Did the Officer err in finding that the applicant was not at risk because of an outstanding arrest warrant in Nigeria? [...] B. Did the Officer err in finding that there was adequate state protection in Nigeria for women victims of domestic abuse? [...] The Officer however recognized that obtaining police protection is not ideal for women in Nigeria, but given her profile as an educated woman and the efforts Nigeria is making, the applicant should reasonably be able to request help from the police or a higher authority.
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Ugwueze v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship) - 2017 FC 713 - 2017-07-21
Federal Court Decisions[2] Ms. Ugwueze, the Principal Applicant [PA], is a citizen of Nigeria. [...] In February of 2010, she returned to Nigeria for a medical assessment of her son. [...] D. Hardship in Nigeria [9] The IAD noted that the PA elected not to seek medical attention for her son in Canada, instead choosing to take him to Nigeria.
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Glover v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2023 FC 488 - 2023-04-05
Federal Court DecisionsThey submitted that they have limited supports in Nigeria and would be forced to return to their family for help. [...] The Officer accepted that economic conditions in Nigeria are not perfect and may cause the Applicants some difficulty, but noted that the Principal and Associate Applicants worked in Nigeria before their arrival in Canada, both have a degree, and have gained work experience in Canada. [...] The Applicants’ relocation to another area in Nigeria would mitigate these risks to their children.
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Salako v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2020 FC 630 - 2020-05-19
Federal Court Decisions[4] Ms. Salako has HIV. She began receiving antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria in 2014. [...] [8] On July 28, 2017, the Applicants left Nigeria and travelled to the United States to stay with a friend. [...] Soon after, the friend learned about “what happened in Nigeria” and asked the Applicants to leave.
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Ekwueme v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2002 FCT 495 - 2002-04-30
Federal Court Decisions[6] The applicant is a medical doctor, qualified to practice in Nigeria. [...] CLAIMANT I had to come back to leave from Nigeria. COUNSEL Why did you have come [sic] back to leave from Nigeria? [...] KITCHENER After Nigeria. CLAIMANT After Nigeria? COUNSEL After - - after you returned to Nigeria - - I'm sorry - - before you leave?
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Gbemudu v. Canada (Citizenship, Refugees and Immigration) - 2018 FC 451 - 2018-04-26
Federal Court DecisionsHe claims that the day after he arrived, he received a call from his cousin in Nigeria. [...] And the existence of fraudulent affidavits in Nigeria does not mean that all affidavits originating in Nigeria are fraudulent. [...] Evidence about the risk faced by bisexuals in Nigeria is therefore irrelevant.
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Awolope v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2010 FC 540 - 2010-05-17
Federal Court Decisions[2] The Principal Applicant and three of her children are citizens of Nigeria. [...] The Principal Applicant’s sons would also be victims of FTM upon their return to Nigeria. [...] [47] The Officer failed to properly consider the risk faced by the children upon their return to Nigeria.
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Ogunkoya v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2021 FC 679 - 2021-06-28
Federal Court DecisionsThe H&C application notes the revocation of the Nigeria Jurisprudential Guide and argues the revocation was an affirmation of the risks and dangers associated with relocation in Nigeria. [...] It submits that the circumstances in Nigeria leading to the adoption of the Nigeria Jurisprudential Guide have changed and that “reconsideration is owed to all the Nigerian IFA cases” [emphasis in original]. [...] Finally, the Officer considered the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and comparative statistics in Canada and Nigeria, concluding the risk of infection was not higher in Nigeria than in Canada.
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Omomowo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2023 FC 78 - 2023-01-18
Federal Court DecisionsThe other three Applicants are her children who are also citizens of Nigeria. [...] The Applicants have not returned to Nigeria following their arrival in Canada. [...] In assessing hardship, the Officer analysed immigration options and the country conditions in Nigeria.
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Egwuonwu v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2020 FC 231 - 2020-02-11
Federal Court DecisionsThe Applicants claim that they are at risk in Nigeria from Promise’s family. [...] The RAD concluded that Ogechi was not bisexual and the family could safely return to Nigeria. [...] The Officer noted that both Ogechi and Promise received post-secondary education in Nigeria; that, as the children are young, any adjustment to Nigeria’s education system will not be detrimental; and, that given Promise’s and Ogechi’s past work history, they would be employed in Nigeria and would be able to support their
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Adeshola v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2022 FC 1141 - 2022-07-29
Federal Court DecisionsThe Principal Applicant and the two eldest children, aged 20 and 19 at the time of the decision, are citizens of Nigeria. [...] Overall, the Officer was not persuaded that the best interests of the children would be negatively impacted by a return to Nigeria. [...] However, in analyzing the best interests of the child criteria, the Officer finds that the children’s transition to Nigeria “would be minimal considering that they were born, raised and lived the majority of their lives in Nigeria.” This is clearly wrong.
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Caleb v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2020 FC 1018 - 2020-10-30
Federal Court Decisions[8] On their H&C application, the Calebs submitted they would face serious hardship if required to return to Nigeria. [...] Based on the above information, I have accorded moderate weight to concerns relating to crime and safety in Nigeria. [...] She returned from that position to Nigeria at the request of Mr. Caleb, whom she had recently married.
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Ashiru v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) - 2021 FC 1313 - 2021-11-26
Federal Court Decisionsthat the children would be returning to Nigeria with both parents and, coupled with their other significant family ties in Nigeria, found that the children would “transition with relative ease.” The Officer concluded that the best interests of the children would not be negatively affected if they were removed to Nigeria. [...] [27] With respect to the impact on the children of returning to Nigeria, the Applicants submit that the Officer relied only on speculation to find that family members in Nigeria would be present, available, and willing to support the children and aid in their development. [...] Although corporal punishment is a method of discipline used in Nigeria, based on the evidence provided, I find that this is a common method of discipline in Nigeria.