THE DOOR IS CLOSING

UK net migration fell to 171,000 in 2025. Lowest in over a decade, excluding the pandemic years. The routes Nigerians use most have been hit hardest. And the UK isn’t the only country tightening. UK net migration fell to an estimated 171,000 in the year to...

YOUR MONEY ABROAD

The CBN has rewritten the rules on how Nigerians send, receive, and move money across borders. The fourth edition of the forex operational manual takes effect June 1. Here is what it actually changes for you. The Central Bank of Nigeria published its fourth edition...

GLENN GIBBINS

Glenn Gibbins was elected to Sunderland City Council last week. He now represents the ward that contains the Nigerian community he wrote about in a post from March 2024. Reform UK won control of Sunderland City Council in last week’s local...

THE APPOINTMENT AND THE CRISIS

Nigeria is sending Femi Fani-Kayode to represent it in the country where its citizens are right now closing their shops and going indoors. On Thursday, Femi Fani-Kayode announced that President Tinubu had approved his posting as Nigeria’s...

THE WORD FOR A CHILD WHO BELONGS TO TWO COUNTRIES

South Africa invented a name for the children of Nigerian and South African parents. The name tells you everything. “Sougerians.” That’s what some South Africans call children born to Nigerian-South African families. Foreign Minister Bianca...

THE SON OF MIGRANTS

Bukayo Saka’s parents left Nigeria for London. Last night their son sent Arsenal to the Champions League final. There’s a version of this story Nigeria tells about itself. There’s another version it hasn’t learned to tell yet. Adenike and Yomi...