Pelumi Nubi Her/She, the First Black Woman to solo drive from London to Lagos. She was born in Lagos Nigeria and
grew up in the London. A 28-year-old travel content creator, Pelumi Nubi, has completed her solo road trip from London,
United Kingdom, to Lagos, Nigeria. She has visited 77 Countries, she is the curator of Oremitravels.
She is known for creating engaging and visually appealing content that highlights various aspects of travel, including exploring local places.
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About Her Trip
Pelumi Nubi started her journey January 31st, 2024 and arrived at Lagos on April 7th, 2024, she passed through 17 countries
before arriving in Nigeria , the first woman to ever undertake such a journey. Her path took her from England to France, Spain,
Morocco, and through the huge West Sahara Desert, all by road. She drove via Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone,
Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Cote d’ivoria, Ghana, Togo and Benin before arriving in Lagos.
Pelumi had different experiences, some good and some bad, and documented them all on social media. She faced quite a hassle
with many immigration officers in Africa. She was denied entry to Sierra Leone at the border and her car was inovluved in an accident
on the Ivory Coast.
The travel content creator in 2022 listed 77 countries she had visited at 27. She has reached over 80 out of the 193 countries in the world.
In an Instagram post on Tuesday, she shared a picture of her now-wrecked car, revealing severe damage to the front bumper and
a shattered windscreen.
An accompanying video shows her being carried in an ambulance, with the caption: “Say a prayer for me.”
Pelumi Nubi Arrival
She finally in Lagos after 68 days solo drive from London.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Akosile, announced her arrival via his X account on Sunday.
”He said the Lagos State Government welcomed Nubi, a Nigerian-British citizen, who undertook the solo drive at the Nigeria-Benin
Republic border”
He wrote, “Lagos State Government gives a hero’s welcome to peluminubi_ , a Nigeria-British citizen who who did a solo drive from London to Lagos.
Pelumi was received at the Nigeria-Benin Republic border on behalf of Lagos State Government by the Commissioner of Tourism
, Arts and Culture, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka; and the Special Adviser, Tourism, Arts and Culture, Idris Aregbe. Welcome home!”
Pelumi Nubi is known for creating engaging and visually appealing content that highlights various aspects of travel, including exploring
local culture, cuisine, landmarks, and hidden gems. She often shares her adventures through photographs, videos, and storytelling.
On a live podcast episode with The Day After TNB, Pelumi Nubi stated that her love for travel has always inspired her to start
something new and adventurous. She has visited over 80 countries since she began her travels in 2016.
Pelumi’s latest feat of traveling by road from London to Lagos was inspired by Nigerian biker Kunle Adeyanju who completed same
trip for a polio campaign.
Interview’s
In one of the Interview’s she had with channels she explained while she embarked on the solo trip;
I’ve been a traveller. I’ve travelled to so many places, explored so many cultures and each time I was travelling, it was mostly to
like Europe, Asia but my own continent, I barely has any footprint there so I was like I wanna explore more of this place I was born into,
” she said.
“I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and grew up in the UK, and each time I came home, I just flew for 6 hours … but then, there is this West African region I haven’t really met myself into, and I wanted to.
So, I started Googling ‘overland travel’ and I just did not see people that looked like me, there was no explorers like just being showcased in the media and I was like this needs to be changed in terms of travel, why is that story not been told, why is the African nation in terms of tourism not been explored”.
She also talked about how audacious she is, the interesting events that took place as well as the challenges she encountered while journeying down to Lagos.
Pelumi shared in one of her Interview;
Honestly, I just wanted to show that this kind of travel was very possible for someone who looks like me and really inspires the next generation of travellers to step out of their comfort zone and do incredible things.”
Each time I try to imagine it (driving into Lagos), I get goosebumps because it’s just been such a tremendous journey, you know, showing people the parts and all of that, and then to get to this finale, and I hear it’s a homecoming like people have rallied up.
Nubi, who has travelled to over 80 countries, now says she’s “trying to show that as a woman travelling solo, you know, you do have to have that extra safety or that extra layer of safety consideration, but it shouldn’t stop you.”
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