Diaspora
The Nigerian passport costs you most in the moments that matter If you’ve ever sat in an airport, watched other nationalities move through a queue, and felt the specific weight of your green passport — this week gave that feeling a name and a location. Qatar....
Diaspora
Nigerian pilgrims paid millions for Umrah. A war took it. Nobody has a plan. A butcher from Osogbo saved up ₦13 million. Flights for himself and his wife to Mecca. Accommodation in Medina. Visa fees. Everything arranged, everything paid. Qatar Airways cancelled his...
Diaspora
Bills were falling from April. The July forecast just jumped £160 because of the same war hitting Nigerian pumps Two weeks ago, the news was good. Ofgem confirmed the UK energy price cap would fall in April from £1,758 to £1,641. Seventeen pounds a month back in...
Diaspora
The Iran war that’s hitting your UK energy bill is also threatening what you send home Nigeria received $20.93 billion in diaspora remittances in 2024, up 8.9% from the year before. The CBN was projecting $26 billion by end of 2026. The japa wave that drove...
Diaspora
42 legal Nigerian residents were arrested in Mozambique. Only the Nigerians were taken. Spare-parts market in Mozambique. Multiple nationalities trading, as they do every day. Then security forces arrived. They arrested only the Nigerians. Not the traders...
Diaspora
A presidential spokesman went on Al Jazeera. The exchange tells you everything. Nigeria is ranked the fifth deadliest country in the world. Presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala appeared on Al Jazeera’s Head to Head with Mehdi Hasan this weekend to represent the...