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16 Nov
Although the recent deportation of 542 Nigerians from the United Arab Emirate’s city of Dubai and the continuous arrest and imprisonment of able-bodied Nigerian youths in the same city are ugly incidents deserving of national concern, they are not surprising.
31 Oct
The President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke; immediate past Vice Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University and Bishop of Theologian of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Prof. Dapo Asaju; co-founder of Flutterwave...
16 Oct
Japa, japa… Since finding its way into the Nigerian lexicon and being perceived as the latest biggest movement after Afrobeats, Nigerians are emigrating from Africa’s biggest economy in droves, leading to an increase in the population of Nigerians residing in the United Kingdom from about 90,000 in 2008 to 178,000 in 2021. UK’s Higher Education…
24 Sep
It’s a season when the embassies in Nigeria are constantly receiving visitors seeking to migrate to Western countries for a better life.
30 Aug
As the pursuit of a better life detaches young Nigerians from their loved ones back home, WhatsApp becomes the thin rope securing the bond until an uncertain reunion takes place. 32-year-old Osakpolor Omoregie has not seen his sister in 23 years; she left for Europe in 1999 when he was just nine. She has remained…
7 Aug
It’s 2022. Many Nigerians have left the country and those that haven’t are deep into planning their exit in the coming months. Japa; the Yoruba slang meaning to “run” explains the attempts by many Nigerians to start afresh in new countries. In the search for greener pastures, love and relationships sometimes bear the brunt of…
10 Nov 2018
Japa: the act of escaping or avoiding (something or someone) especially by way of trickery and Yoruba demon wits. Naira Marley, the artiste behind the successful hit Issa goal has released the video of the street anthem Japa. The Visionnaire pictures-directed video which was shot in the UK and shows the Thug life and the desire…
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