A 25-year-old Nigerian woman has narrated her story of tears, suffering, rape and an unwanted pregnancy as she made her way from Benin, the Edo State capital, to Italy through the torrid route of Libya. Speaking to Al Jazeera, she said she took the difficult decision of japaing to Europe through Libya after she lost her parents in four years, leaving her to cater to five siblings. Naomi Iwelu said she could not continue her education and dropped out in secondary school. Pushed to the wall and facing an uncertain future, she decided to leave Benin in 2018. She said…
Author: Olowofela Adebanji
Police in Canada have shot dead Afolabi Stephen Opaso, a Nigerian student, in Manitoba. The family of the 19-year-old, said to be a student of the University of Manitoba before his death, are asking questions about the incident. They claim he was experiencing a mental health crisis before his death. Jean-Rene Dominique Kwilu, a lawyer assisting the family, questioned the shooting, insisting that if the police had wanted to unarm the deceased said to be in possession of two knives, the shot was unnecessary. Police said a well-being call was made about an armed man acting erratically at an apartment…
Many universities have deregistered students in the United Kingdom and advised them to leave the country according to a tweet by the president of Nigerians in the United Kingdom (NIUK), Benjamin Kuti, also known as Oluomo of Derby. Although the reported increase in deregistration has also affected students from other countries, there are indications that for Nigerian students this may be due to foreign exchange scarcity and restrictions on part-time job hours particularly after recent immigration rules being implemented by the UK government. Nigerian students, according to several affected students, have difficulty processing fee payments from their Nigerian banks, causing…