Japheth Joshua Omojuwa is a Nigerian writer, political commentator, and social media expert. A columnist with The Punch newspaper, Leadership newspaper, and Naij.Com, Omojuwa’s articles have been seen on CNN. This Day and different platforms.
His works had been translated into German, French, Portuguese, and Greek. Omojuwa has been an everyday visitor at several meetings and symposiums. The leadership of the African Union invited Omojuwa in 2014 to be a part of the Africa Re-creativeness Creative Hub (ARCH) to fashion a schedule for Africa 2063 venture. He participated as a panelist at a facet event at some stage in the 2013 United Nations General Assembly in New York City where he spoke on the need to use statistics and facts as gear in activism and policy making. He was additionally appointed as a board member of Halifax. Omojuwa’s pieces seemed to be on several online and print mediums: Metropole Magazine, Opinion Nigeria, Sahara Reporters, BBC, The Financial Times, This Day, and Naija. In 2019 Omojuwa published the e-book Digital “The New Code of Wealth.” Where he discusses the growing effects on the virtual space and how it is able to be harnessed to create wealth in addition to driving social transformation. This is Omojuwa’s maiden access as a writer, and he delivers an insightful must-read book for every person.
Omojuwa was involved in a long warfare with Arik Air after dropping an iPad at the same time as he was onboard considered one of its domestic flights in July 2012. This culminated in a breakdown of settlement between the 2 events, with him claiming Arik was excessive-passed and careless even as Arik maintained that the matter is settled as quietly as viable. Soon, he and 26 others had been banned from flying on Arik Air aircraft in September of that year, a decision that was later rescinded whilst, about twenty-four hours after the list was released, the airline’s website was hacked, with rumors flying round that pro-Omojuwa techies were the perpetrators of that he became individually involved, an allegation he denied. In addition, a brand-new iPad was purchased for Omojuwa.
On 4th March 2017 South African border police authorities held Omojuwa along with a Nigerian pupil for several hours. He was released after the intervention from Nigerian authorities. In a tweet, he wrote that “South African border officers are keeping me because of my Nigerian passport”.
In February 2016, Omojuwa delved into an intense controversy with Ben Bruce on Twitter while the latter criticized President Buhari for his statement about Nigerians being unwelcomed in Britain because of crime. Omojuwa’s PR organization, Alpha Reach, reportedly hired around 40 Nigerian influencers as a part of a marketing campaign to sell the release of Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman preventing extradition to the USA on cash laundering costs.
On the 14th of April 2021 a former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, petitioned Nigeria’s appearing Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, requesting him to analyze Omojuwa for alleged fraudulent use of her name and identification as a director of his PR firm, Alpha Reach Limited. Mrs. Ezekwesili’s request observed Omojuwa’s claim that she consented earlier to enlisting her as a director of the PR organization, allegedly paid to sell a social media marketing campaign for the release of Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab.
In July 2021, Omojuwa was appointed to be on the board of Halifax International Security Forum, making him the first Nigerian and African to take a seat on the board of the worldwide think-tank.
