Comedy skit-making has become a big part of Nigeria's creative industry. Rated the world's happiest people by the World Values Survey in 2003, Nigerians are noted for their resilience, and have always found a way to make light of bad situations.
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The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Sunday said Nigerians should leave the country if they believe it is good for them. Adesina, who said this on a Channels Television programme, claimed that the average Nigerian has always wanted to leave the country, adding that people should not equate it to something being wrong with governance in the West African nation. He said, “The average Nigerian had always wanted to leave. And it is not just in Nigeria. It is in most countries of the world, particularly in the third world.
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 […]