{"id":66208,"date":"2025-05-21T12:32:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T12:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66208"},"modified":"2025-05-21T12:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T12:32:31","slug":"uk-inflation-soars-as-nigerians-rethink-the-japa-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/21\/uk-inflation-soars-as-nigerians-rethink-the-japa-move\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Inflation Soars as Nigerians Rethink the Japa Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With inflation in the United Kingdom rising to 3.5 percent in April, many Nigerians are beginning to question whether the once-glorified japa journey is still worth the sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh figures released by the UK Office for National Statistics on Wednesday show a sharper than expected rise in the Consumer Prices Index, driven by spikes in energy, water and vehicle costs.<\/p>\n<p>The news lands hard for thousands of Nigerian professionals and students who relocated in search of a better life, only to meet swelling bills, tight housing, and tougher immigration rules.<\/p>\n<p>UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves admitted that rising living costs are still hitting working people hard-a concern now shared by migrants juggling steep rent, transportation, and utility expenses.<\/p>\n<p>While the UK remains a symbol of opportunity, the lived experience of many newcomers is painting a far more complex picture than social media often portrays.<\/p>\n<p>As the pound stretches thinner, many are asking: has the cost of starting over abroad begun to mirror the very struggles they left behind?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo With inflation in the United Kingdom rising to 3.5 percent in April, many Nigerians are beginning to question whether the once-glorified japa journey is still worth the sacrifice. Fresh figures released by the UK Office for National Statistics on Wednesday show a sharper than expected rise in the Consumer Prices Index, driven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":66209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-66208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66210,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66208\/revisions\/66210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}