NIGERIAN BY BLOOD OR PAPER: HOW THE KEMI BADENOCH CITIZENSHIP DEBATE RE-OPENED OLD WOUNDS

BY PROF MIKE OZEKHOME INTRODUCTION In a candid interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday, Senior British Conservative politician of Nigerian descent Kemi Badenoch, offered a striking and controversial insight into the limitations of Nigerian citizenship law in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. As a woman of Nigerian heritage serving as the UK’s Secretary…

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Presidency hits Kemi Badenoch on her child citizenship; why this desperate attempt to malign Nigeria?

The Nigerian presidency has responded to recent remarks made by Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, over her claim that she cannot pass Nigerian citizenship to her children due to her gender. In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Badenoch criticized what she called the UK’s overly relaxed immigration policies, arguing that…

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