It was intriguing and it screamed: “Pope Francis in Easter Vigil baptizes Nigerian immigrant called hero.” Wanting to find out more about this fellow countryman with such an unusual name, I clicked on the title of the article. For some reason, though, the noun ‘beggar’ used in reference to John Ogah irked me for days. The swift transition from being a ‘Nigerian immigrant’ to becoming a ‘Nigerian beggar’ was just too bitter a pill to swallow. Nonetheless, Nigerian young people remain among the most dynamic, exuberant, industrious, resilient, innovative and multi-talented on the face of the earth. After all, it would neither be the first time that an immigrant had been murdered in cold blood, nor sadly, would it be the last.

Source: The Guardian April 06, 2018 03:45 UTC