…racked up 15,500 viewsThe viral moment captured the raw emotion of Nigeria's ongoing japa wave as she prepared to leave her homeland behindPAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!A Nigerian woman known online as Iglory marked one of the biggest moments…
…of such skills locally instead of depending entirely on foreign expertise. He said the “japa” trend had also affected the technical workforce, as some companies lost skilled workers who travelled abroad, forcing them to reconsider how they develop and retain technical personnel. Itua said government, regulators, privat…
…pharmacists to educators, engineers, and technology managers.What Nigerians considering japa route should knowFor Nigerians exploring opportunities abroad, particularly through the ongoing japa wave, Germany's EU Blue Card remains one of the more structured legal pathways into Europe. The lower salary threshold for sho…
…countries whose citizens regularly apply for Irish visas, driven in part by the ongoing japa wave — the broad emigration trend among Nigerians seeking better opportunities in Europe and North America.Legit.ng has previously reported on Ireland's periodic release of visa decisions for applicants processed through its Ab…
Russia has denounced Japan’s new round of “ill-considered” sanctions, accusing countries within the Euro-Atlantic area of inciting Tokyo’s animosity. Japan announced its 27th package of measures on October 2, targeting 33 Russian entities, nine individuals and several companies based abroad. The measures affected shipp…
A US Marine stationed on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa was arrested on suspicion of the murder of a Japanese woman, police said on Sunday. The suspect “killed the 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and stole her wallet on Saturday”, a local police spokesman told AFP. Crimes including rapes, assaults, hit-and-run…
…Technical Education, SingaporeInternational Community SchoolISS International SchoolThe Japanese School SingaporeLaSalle College of the ArtsLycée Français de SingapourMillennia InstituteMountbatten Vocational SchoolNanyang Academy of Fine ArtsNanyang PolytechnicNanyang Technological UniversityNational University of Sin…
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has published a list of 17 countries that have signed bilateral agreements for its technical intern training programmeThe agreements, described as memoranda of cooperation, are designed to ensure the proper and smooth running of the programme between Japan and sending coun…
…whose citizens may enter the UK without a visa under this route: Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States. Nationals from these countries also retain the ability to use eGates at UK ports of entry.Everyone else who requires a visa to travel to the UK must submit a formal S2 He…
Tokyo has logged 34 straight days of rain, marking the longest streak on record, Japan’s weather agency said on Tuesday. Climate change fuelled by fossil fuel emissions increases moisture in the atmosphere, making heavy rain more likely. The weather globally is also being shaped this year by the El Nino phenomenon, whi…
…in the UAE, a destination that has grown increasingly attractive amid Nigeria's ongoing japa wave.UAE lists groups eligible for golden visaMeanwhile, Legit.ng recently reported that the UAE had outlined eight categories of foreigners eligible for a Golden Visa under its rare specialisations and exceptional talent categ…
…opponents in extra time in 2014. Nigeria also finished fourth at the 2012 edition in Japan after losing the third-place play-off to the United States.With that pedigree behind them and the form of players like Kareem and Rafiu driving momentum, Nigeria will head into the England tie as a side that opponents cannot affo…
Popular Japanese adult film star found de@d of suspected su!cide at just 25 A popular p0rn star in Japan has di£d by suspected su!cide after her body was found Saturday, September 12, in Tokyo's red-light district. Hana Kuraki, 25, was reportedly discovered by a friend at an apartment belonging to the owner of a bar in…
…his long-held aim of competing at 90 by winning the 85-and-over category at the All Japan Masters Fitness Championships in Hiroshima, Japan. The historic win came on Sunday, August 30, exactly one day after Kanazawa turned 90, cementing his status as Japan's oldest competitive bodybuilder. The annual veteran event was…
…also planning to relocate, describing Adedoyin's move as an inspiration for their own japa journeysPAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!Adedoyin, a Nigerian lady, has joined the growing wave of Nigerians relocating abroad after she shared photos of h…
…concluding that approved GM crops carry no more risk than conventionally bred crops. Japan’s expert panels reached the same view in 2019, and the WHO considers approved GMOs on the international market safe to eat. The picture, therefore, is not settled. It is an ongoing debate, and in developing countries where GMOs a…
"For the first time, I felt like I wanted to Japa" - Nigeria-based Korean lady married to a Nigerian man recounts how newborn baby was handled at NIN office A Korean woman based in Nigeria and married to a Nigerian man has shared her frustration after taking her newborn baby to a NIN office as part of the process of ob…
…States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates.PAY ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!INTERPOL said its role included facilitating intelligence sharing across borders, conducting data analysis, supporti…
Japanese prime minister says she felt lonely and sad after cockroach was eliminated from her home Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi says she was shocked when she encountered a cockroach at home, then found herself unexpectedly "lonely" when it was gone. The 65-year-old world leader narrated her encounter with the…
…Mount Fuji during family hike A man who left his tired 7-year-old son to wait alone on Japan's Mount Fuji while he continued a family hike has been reprimanded by police. The boy was spotted sitting on his own at a hut about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea level-slightly more than halfway up the country's tallest m…
…inflation on an unprecedented scale; factories closed down in the manufacturing west and Japan, unemployment rose drastically. The G7 countries i.e. (USA, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Canada, and Italy), the world’s seven strongest economies at the time, led by the USA, regarded this as the economic equivalent of w…
…first became a world champion at junior-bantamweight, winning the IBF belt by beating Japan's Teiru Kinoshita in Kobe in 2014, having held the minor WBF flyweight title earlier in his career. His death comes just weeks after the end of the four-year ban he received for testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozol…
…list as part of its campaign against what it calls a corrupt and politicised courtJapan, the ICC's biggest funder, and the European Union pushed back against the US move, backing the court's independencePAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed!The Intern…
…escalating the Trump administration’s campaign against the Hague-based court. Akane, a Japanese judge who heads the ICC, and Seye, a Senegalese national, were sanctioned under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last year that authorised sanctions against the court. “These individuals have directly enga…
…had escaped before things got worse. In one post, he wrote, "Thank GOD say na me first Japa. The rest na mumu." He also alleged that "Dem dey use jazz" and claimed the supposed spiritual manipulation did not work on him. In another post, Seyi Vibez made a reference to celebrity chef Hilda Baci, alleging that food fro…