Today’s #ZikokoWhatSheSaid subject is Meye, a 40-year-old Nigerian woman. She talks about how she found out she may never have kids, the dating scene for black people in Canada and what enjoyment looks like at 40.
The only reason today’s subject on Abroad Life is still in Canada is because she’s waiting for her citizenship. She’s been there for 12 years and she’s tired of the cold, the boredom and the racism.
Today’s subject on Abroad Life talks about getting the chance to move to the US, opting out finding out she had to move to Canada within a 3-day period, and her struggles with navigating adulthood for the first time in Canada.
If you have plans to japa to Canada but don’t know where to start, this article has everything you need to begin your journey.
The subject of today’s Abroad Life is a 21-year-old woman who left Nigeria for Canada in 2018. She talks about the extreme cold, struggling to fit in, her church making life hard for her and why she doesn’t feel at home in Canada. When did you decide you wanted to leave Nigeria? 2018. I was […]
The subject of today’s #AbroadLife is a 22-year-old man who left Nigeria immediately after secondary school. He talks about being lonely in Canada and why he wants to come back home but can’t just yet. When did you decide that you wanted to leave Nigeria? I didn’t make the decision. My parents made the decision […]
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If you’re like me, you probably have it in the goals you wrote at the beginning of they year that you want to move to Canada before 2020 runs out. If you’re still in Nigeria, don’t be too hard on yourself. It was a really tough year. There’s still about 19 days left though, so […]
Did you know that 16,925 sought asylum from Nigeria to Europe in 2019 alone, making Nigeria the country with the 8th most asylum seekers to Europe? After news broke that DJ Switch, the disc jockey who filmed shootings at the #LekkiMassacre and shared live on Instagram, had been granted asylum to Canada, we decided to […]
Things are looking dire in the country. People are already dusting their jaapa documents. As much as we need to stay back and fix the country, sometimes you just feel so choked and need to get out. When you finally land in Canada a.k.a Nigeria Annex, there are certain things you need to do. 1. […]
On Abroad Life today, Deyo tells us how his curiosity and passion for solving the electricity problem in Nigeria took him from the hydroelectric station in Kwara State to Canada and why he plans to return to Nigeria to implement all he’s learning..
Femi wanted to study abroad because of his discontent the Nigerian education system and he tried to leave twice. But it didn’t happen.
In a land of dust, and time of ashy skin, the fate of your social clout rests on the type of presents you get your friends…the name: thoughtfulness. Here are five thoughtful gifts to make your friends go: “who send you message?” Cold Medicine With all the dust in the air, everyone is either sneezing […]
“We were born here. That one no mean say na here we must die.”
“What’s one thing Nigeria has that Canada doesn’t?”
“Nothing. Next question.”
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