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In today’s fast-paced, competitive world, where people from diverse backgrounds seek greener pastures, there exists a community dedicated to empowering and inspiring Africans in the diaspora. Through storytelling enriched by experience, knowledge, and opportunities, Japa.run stands out as a beacon of support and inspiration. Are you seeking practical support to cultivate your success story abroad?…
13 Mar
The Cross River government has pleaded with newly graduated nursing students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) not to migrate abroad, saying the health sector is in dire need of their expertise. Dr Henry Ayuk, the Commissioner for Health, Cross River, made the appeal on Wednesday in Calabar during the induction and oath-taking of the…
11 Mar
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, has revealed that Nigeria lost approximately 15,000 to 16,000 doctors to brain drain in the past five years. Pate revealed this on Sunday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, even as he lamented the migration of health personnel in search of better…
15 Feb
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General Elections, Peter Obi, has advised Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) against stopping their members desiring to flee (japa) from Nigeria to other countries.
11 Feb
Thirty-six states in Nigeria are on the verge of slipping into comatose with rising unemployment, hunger, involuntary emigration (japa) and the spread of illicit economic activities, a report shows.
16 Jan
Once upon a time, a dreaded electronic apocalypse was predicted to trigger the end the world.
26 Dec
Education Minister, Professor Tahir Mamman, has attributed the serious staffing shortfall in Nigerian Universities to the 'Japa syndrome,' as thousands of academics have fled the nation in search of better opportunities abroad. Speaking in a meeting with Directors of the Federal Ministry of Education and Heads of Agencies in the Ministry, Prof. Mamman lamented that…
22 Dec
The Abia State government said it has discovered that some doctors who left the state for greener pastures abroad are still collecting salaries. Governor Alex Otti made the announcement on Thursday at the International Conference Centre in Umuahia during the State Council on Health. Otti revealed that the ongoing digitalization of the state's civil service…
16 Dec
Outgoing President of the Nigerian Young Professionals Forum (NYPF) Mr Moses Siasia has expressed worry that Nigeria's political class will in no distant time, face the consequences of the high rate of young people migrating out of the country in search of greener pastures abroad. Siasia who stated this on Friday in Abuja while officially…
12 Dec
Some Vice-Chancellors (V-C) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other stakeholders expressed concern on Tuesday over the decline in the number of lecturers in the nation’s universities. The university education stakeholders bared their minds in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently approved the implementation of…
5 Dec
Eloho Oyegwa, founder of Webcore Nigeria, a foremost digital marketing company, has revealed why he was never attracted to jumping on the popular crusade of young Nigerians leaving the country for greener pastures. Thousands of Nigerians youths are leaving the country for other destinations, in search of economic prosperity, superior academic learning environment, security and…
23 Nov
A total of 141,000 Nigerians migrated to the United Kingdom (UK) between June 2022 and the year ending June 2023, latest figures published by the UK authorities showed.