Japheth J. Omojuwa

Japheth Omojuwa
Omojuwa delivering a paper at the Free University, Berlin
Born	Japheth Joshua Omojuwa 3 October 1984 Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Residence	Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
Education	Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB)
Occupation	Media entrepreneur, public speaker

Japheth Omojuwa (born Japheth Joshua Omojuwa on 3 October 1984) is a Nigerian blogger, public speaker, socio-economic and political commentator and social media expert. A columnist with The Punch newspaper, Leadership newspaper and Naij.com, Omojuwa's articles have appeared on CNN,ThisDay and other platforms across the continent and beyond. His works have been repeatedly translated into several languages including various platforms for German,French,Portuguese and Greek audiences.

He has been a regular guest at several conferences and symposiums.

The leadership of the African Union invited Omojuwa in 2014 to be part of the Africa Re-imagination Creative Hub (ARCH) to fashion an agenda for Africa 2063 project. He participated as a panelist at a side event during the 2013 United Nations General Assembly in New York City where he spoke on the need to use data and facts as tools in activism and policy making.

His pieces have appeared on several online and print mediums including Metropole Magazine, Sahara Reporters,BBC, The Financial Times, ThisDay and Naij.

Omojuwa was involved in a protracted battle with Arik Air after losing an iPad while onboard one of its domestic flights in july 2012. This culminated in a breakdown of agreement between the two parties, with him claiming Arik was high-handed and careless while Arik maintained that the matter be settled as quietly as possible. Soon, himself and 26 others were banned from flying on Arik Air aircraft in September of that year, a decision that was later rescinded when, about twenty-four hours after the list was released, the airline's website was hacked, with rumours flying around that pro-Omojuwa techies were the perpetrators or that he was personally involved, an allegation he denied. In addition, a new iPad was purchased for Omojuwa. On the 4th of March, 2017 South African border police authorities held Omojuwa along side a Nigerian student for several hours before releasing after intervention from Nigerian authorities. In a tweet on his popular twitter handle @Omojuwa he listed his crime to be South African border officials are holding me because of my Nigerian passport'.