connection

Naija

From: English connection

If you no get connection for Nigeria, you no go get work. — (Egbokhare_2020.If you are not influencial in Nigeria, you will not get a job.)
To even get plate of rice for Nigeria now, na connection. — (NST_cleaned__41014. To get food in Nigeria needs knowing the right people.)
Me I know say her family get plenti connection and na wetin make me marry her be dat. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. I married her because I know her family is highly influential.)
So person wen im dey work for government work, wen e fit get connection, na im go fit come dis Abuja stay. — (ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__58, So,it is someone who works for the government, that is highly connected, who can stay in Abuja.)

Di connection wey dey between your oga and my oga na say dem come from desame village. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The connection between your boss and mine is simply because they are from thesame village.)
E make sense no be small and I feel di connection between me and my boyfriend wella. — (bbc__16518. It makes a lot of sense and I felt the connection between my boyfriend and I.)

Dem say dem no get any connection wit di waste and di deaths plus sickness wey follow am. — (bbc__95727. They said they are not connected with the waste, deaths, and sickness that follwed.)

My family no follow dem get any connection jare. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. My family is not related to them please.)

One Nigerian journalist wey get strong connection with militant group Boko Haram bin tok for April say na only 15 schoolgirls still dey alive. — (bbc__78078. One Nigerian journalist with strong ties with Boko Haram, the militant group, said in April that only 15 schoolgirls are still alive.)