Migration

Federal Government Announces Public Holiday for Eid-Ul-Adha

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Federal Government Announces Public Holiday for Eid-Ul-Adha

Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss. Federal government announces public holiday for Eid-Ul-Adha The federal government, through the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has declared Monday and Tuesday, June 17 and 18, as public holidays for the celebration of Eid-Ul-Adha.... Read More

Binance, economy, House of Representatives, information, Migration, nafdac, News, Politics, Public holiday, uk

February 21, 2022

This is an updated plan for Nigerian youth in President Buhari’s strategy

In 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari criticised the attitude of some Nigerian youth, saying “more than 60 per cent of the population is below 30, a lot of them haven’t been to school and they are claiming that Nigeria is an oil producing country, therefore, they should sit and do nothing, and get housing, healthcare, education... Read More

Travel in Nigeria

December 13, 2017

The Thread: How to move and work abroad without headache

In the wake of the Libyan crisis, it’s imperative that Nigerians who still want to migrant abroad find alternatives routes.This thread details the best way to go about it. See below: Ok. This is thread of the best way I have seen from different people’s experiences to move abroad. One or two people may need... Read More

Migration, nigeria, The Thread, travelling abroad

December 1, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 1st of December

Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: The way Jonathan reacted to oil scams shook me – Saraki I take responsibility for Maina’s reinstatement – Perm Sec AU, EU, UN set to establish a task force in Libya to tackle slavery

boko haram, Bukola Saraki, Goodluck Jonathan, Kashim Shettima, Leadership, libya, maina, Migration, Oil scams, slavery, YNaija Cover

December 1, 2017

AU, EU, UN set to establish a task force in Libya to tackle slavery

The African Union (AU), European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) are set to establish a task force in Libya to check migration. The AU’s Moussa Faki Mahamat, EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, its foreign affairs chief, Federica Mogherini and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met on Wednesday on the sidelines of the ongoing Africa... Read More

abuse, libya, Migration, slave trade

November 29, 2017

242 Nigerians return from Libya

242 Nigerians returned from Libya on Tuesday evening. The federal government had on Monday, promised to intervene and rescue Nigerian migrants in the North African country, as they called for help. The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (Southwest Zonal Office), Lagos confirmed this development saying that “only 239 were originally recorded in... Read More

foreign affairs ministry, libya, Migration, nikki laoye, repatriates

November 21, 2017

26 countries have shown interest to participate in 2017 Calabar Carnival

About 26 countries are participating in the 2017 Calabar carnival, a Commissioner in the Carnival Commission in charge of Media and Publicity, Ikobi Ikobi has said. The list, in part: Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Greece, Brazil, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Rwanda amongst others. Other highlights: According to Mr Ikobi, the countries have shown interest to participate... Read More

Calabar Carnival, cultural heritage, Migration

November 18, 2017

FG sets up panel to investigate death of 26 teenage girls who died on the sea

The Federal Government has set up a cabinet committee to investigate the circumstances of the death of 26 teenage Nigerian migrant girls found dead in the Mediterranean in early November. Background: 26 girls had died en-route Europe in the Mediterranean, sparking diverse reactions from all over the world. Back to the matter: A Presidency source... Read More

26 teenage girls, illegal migration, Migration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

November 9, 2017

The Thread: President Buhari just repeated the same mistake GEJ made

BBOG activist, Oby Ezekwesili has served President Buhari another dose of bitter truth: his administration is just as bad as that of Jonathan. You will recall that in the early days of the Chibok Girls kidnap, then President Goodluck Jonathan spent some time dilly-dallying, calling the kidnap something orchestrated by his detractors. Also, many felt... Read More

Buhari, Chibok girls, GEJ, Migration, Oby Ezekwesili, The Thread, trafficking

Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

October 19, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Oh Lord, release my visa- A horror story [Pt II]

by Olusegun Adeniyi If We Stay Here We Die! According to Mark Twain, there are two types of speakers: those who get nervous and those who are liars. So let me begin with a confession. Despite this being my fourth time on Platform, I feel rather nervous to be on this podium today! I don’t... Read More

Migration, nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi, opinion, Visa quest

Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

October 19, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Oh Lord, release my visa [Pt I]

by Olusegun Adeniyi Following the overwhelming reactions I got to my lecture titled, “If we stay here we die” at the 2015 edition of Platform, I decided to document not only the complete story of my brother who wasted almost about four years in the futile bid to migrate to Europe but also to... Read More

Migration, nigeria, opinion, Running to Europe, visa

Rebuilding the Berlin Wall: How Europe’s anti-migration agenda threatens stability in Africa

by Mercy Abang On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic built a wall between East and West Berlin. The intention of that action to build a wall was to keep “fascists” from entering East Germany but importantly, it stemmed mass defections from East to West Germany. In 1885, the... Read More

angela merkel, ECOWAS, Europe-Africa relations, Eurpean Union policies, Migration, opinion, The Berlin Wall

Brexit to affect 1.2m migrants

by Adedotun Michael With the first full week of Brexit negotiations poised to start today in Brussels, Lord Green of Deddington, chairman of Migration Watch has given a warning revelation. According to him, Britain will need to build a city the size of Birmingham every two years unless it cuts all ties with Europe. If... Read More

Brexit, EU, migrants, Migration, uk

Opinion: How Lagos may be underdeveloping the rest of Nigeria

by Chinedu George Nnawetanma While much has been said about the diversification of Nigeria’s economy from petroleum, very little has been mentioned about its diversification from Lagos. About one in every eight Nigerians lives in Lagos, a sprawling metropolis near the southwestern extremity of Africa’s most populous country. Not only is Lagos the economic epicenter of... Read More

ambode, economy, lagos state, Migration, nigeria, population control

February 19, 2017

Trump ‘invents’ terror attack in Sweden during Florida rally speech (WATCH)

by Dolapo Adelana US President Donald Trump appeared to have invented a terror attack in Sweden during a campaign-style rally in Florida. During the speech Trump launched attacks on the news media and the judges who ruled against his travel ban. While speaking about migration in Europe, Trump linked it to terror attacks in Brussels,... Read More

donald trump, europe, Florida rally, Migration, Sweden, Terror attack, travel ban, Video

January 19, 2017

Ayo Sogunro: The moratorium on migration

by Ayo Sogunro “Our intelligence has recently provided us with awesome powers. It is not yet clear that we have the wisdom to avoid our own self-destruction. But many of us are trying very hard. We hope that very soon in the perspective of cosmic time we will have unified our planet peacefully into... Read More

America, Ayo Sogunro, Migration, nigeria, obama, opinion

LIbya

January 4, 2017

LONG READ: What you must know before arguing about the slave trade in Libya

In 2017, YNaija committed a big part of its time and resources towards carefully documenting the big stories happening in the country and on the continent and highlighting the efforts of young Nigerians and Africans challenging the tired narratives around the continent through personal achievement and social good. Sometimes these stories are forgotten, buried under... Read More

Thinking Through

human trafficking, libya, Long Read, Migration, slave trade, slavery

February 11, 2016

‘Europe has more Nigerian nurses than Nigeria’ – EU

The Head of European Union Delegation to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Michael Arrion, on Thursday, said there are more Nigerian Nurses in Europe than there are in Nigeria. Arrion, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja, stated that these health professionals, who seek greener pastures outside of Nigeria, would be better... Read More

EU, illegal, illegal immigrants, Migration, Nurse

September 6, 2015

Aylan Kurdi and the migration crisis

September 3. In a red shirt and dark lilac knickers, Aylan Kurdi, 3, also in coffee-brown baby boots, lied lifeless, washed ashore a beach in the Turkish city of Bodum. Aylan was from Syria. He, appropriately, his family was on the line of escaping the war squat over at his home state. They had hoped... Read More

Aylan Kurdi, Migration

September 1, 2014

Important message to YNaija viewers

Your Internet newspaper for young Nigerians, YNaija, has been offline for 48 hours now, and we owe you, our raving fans, an apology. Over the last few weeks we had noticed increasing downtime on our servers – it turned out our hosting service could no longer cope with the increasing traffic demands. This necessitated an... Read More

apologies, hosting, IT, Migration, offline, Server, traffic, ynaija

November 1, 2013

92 Migrants from Niger including women and children die of thirst in Sahara Desert

by Rachel Ogbu More than 90 migrants have been confirmed dead as they tried to cross the Sahara Desert from Niger. Rescuers recovered the bodies of 52 children, 33 women and seven men who were heading towards the Algerian border. “It’s the first time I’ve seen anything like it. It is hard to understand what... Read More

Algerian border, Migration, Niger, Sahara Desert

October 8, 2013

Royal gone rogue: Nigerian prince accused of massive immigration scam in the UK (PICTURED)

Accused: Dr Yilkyes Bala, 54, allegedly ran a huge illegal immigration racket in the UK A Nigerian prince ran a huge illegal immigration racket in the UK, a court was told yesterday. Dr Yilkyes Bala, 54, was accused of using a complex web of security companies to mask a ‘systematic attack’ on Britain’s borders... Read More

Dr Yilkyes Bala, immigration scam, Migration, Nigerian pricne, refugee passports

Opinion: Boko Haram and a woman born in Zaria

by Patience Akpan-Obong If you are non-white or have a ‘foreign’ name, you’re constantly encountering people who dismiss the fact that you might have been born in a hospital down the road and ask, “Really, where are you from?” I had known this friend for several years before I ‘discovered’ her Zaria roots. Okay, I didn’t... Read More

boko haram, kaduna, Migration, Mungo Park, nigeria, Patience Akpan-Obong, U.S., Zaria

Short story: Losing my voice, by Chika Unigwe

by Chika Unigwe When I left Nigeria for Belgium, I made my husband’s home my own. But homesickness lodged like a stone inside he year I graduated from the university, I married a man, J, whom I had known for two years. Some of my friends thought it was too soon, especially as he was... Read More

community, language, Memoir, Migration

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