Members of the Nigerian community in New York celebrate Nigerian Independence Day at a festival on Oct. 5, 2024, in New York City. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) A growing wave of reverse migration from the diaspora, or ‘japada,’ is reshaping the idea of home and challenging long-held beliefs about success abroad July 22, 2025 …
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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Leader of Britain's opposition Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch delivers a speech on immigration on November 27, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images) Paul Mooney, the late great African-American comedian and one of the most insightful yet hilarious intellectuals on matters of race, once quipped that every “racially aggrieved” person …
Farage rage at Europe boat people Right, listen up patriots. Brussels once had this thing called the Dublin Regulation. Not to be confused with Dublin the city (which is in Ireland—don’t get me started on that mess), this was an EU rule about asylum seekers. The idea was simple: the first EU country a migrant …
You would be forgiven for thinking there are some special rights or privileges attached to being a British citizen. Politicians are fond of telling us how great it is to be British and how it is a privilege not a right. Our government charges foreign nationals a small fortune to become British citizens in anticipation …
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Ladies and gentlemen, gather ‘round for the most Nigerian political love story ever: Two men fight like lions to become president, only to immediately remember they’d rather be anywhere but Nigeria. Yes, we’re talking about Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu—two leaders whose passports have more stamps than a Naija visa office. These men campaigned like …
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