Wondering how to go about looking for a long-lost friend? If yes, then you’re in luck as this article will provide you with a few simple steps to use to rekindle an old relationship and reunite with your lost friend. Keep on reading to discover the simple steps that you can use to easily find a lost friend in Nigeria.
How to find a lost friend in Nigeria would be discussed below:
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Compile the Details of Your Friend You Already Have
The first thing to do to find your lost friend in Nigeria is to gather the details of your friend you are sure about. You can use a notepad or a word processor application to compile the information you gather on your friend. Make sure you have the name of your friend including the middle name, last name and married name if you know it. Knowing the name your lost friend goes by can help you narrow your search so it’d be easier to find your friend.
As you compile the details of your friend you already have, you must stay organized so you can focus on gathering the information you still need to find. You should also remember to compile as much personal information as you can remember about your friend. The personal information to remember that can help your search include the school your friend attended, the place your friend worked and their job responsibilities, the mutual friends you share, the last place your friend lived, and much more.
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Search Online
After you might have compiled the information on your friend you could remember, the next line of action to search for your lost friend is to use the internet. Search engines such as Google are one of the best places to begin the online search for your long-lost friend. Using search engines to search for a lost friend can be quite overwhelming as your results may show hundreds (or more) of people who may share a similar name to your lost friend, place of work, and education history, among other things.
To search for your lost friend using search engines less overwhelming, ensure to be specific as possible in the keywords you’d use to search for your friend. So, using the information you were able to gather in stage one of the search process, provide
the full name, hometown, occupation, university and any other thing that could narrow down the search to find your friend. To ensure the search engines display results on the information you provide in the search bar, ensure to use quotation marks around the name of your friend and other relevant keywords before you hit the search button of Google or any other search engine you might be using. With this, the type of information likely to come up on the search engine result pages includes potential social media profiles and general career details of your long-lost friend.
The next place to search for a lost friend online is social media. According to Statista, the number of active social media users as of January 2022 was 32.9 million. From the statistics we just mentioned, it’s likely your lost friend would have a social media profile on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, etc, so you can use these sites to try finding your friend. For example, on Facebook, you can search for a lost friend using the information you already have such as the full name, place of work, or through mutual friends. You’ll want to include the middle name of your friend (or married name if any) to narrow down your search. Alternatively, you can go to the Facebook profiles of mutual friends or family members of your lost friend, then check through the friends or followers list to see if it leads you towards the person you’re looking for. You can also check Facebook groups such as social groups, university groups, etc, that you think your lost friend might be a member of. Repeat the process on the other social media platforms.
If you eventually find someone on any of the social media platforms you think might be your long-lost friend, send them a message, in which you ask them if it’s them and request to be friends. You’ll want to include a reminiscence or two to remind them why you were friends in the message you send.
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Make an In-Person Search to Find Your Lost Friend
The next step to finding your lost friend in Nigeria after searching online is to search for them in person. One way to do this is to find your lost friend through family members. Remember, among other details, you had compiled the names of the family members of your long-lost friend in the notepad or document in the first stage of this search process. With these names, see if you can track them down. You can use the tips we’ve provided in the second step of this article to find your friend’s family members. When you eventually can hold on to them, they will be able to provide information on how you can find your lost friend.
Another way to search for your lost friend in person is to find them through the mutual friends you share with your long-lost friend. Through the mutual friends you share, you can be able to get in contact with your lost friend. For example, if you met your friend in the university endeavour to reach out to your coursemates who will know your friend, and you might know someone who knows another person that can get you in contact with your friend.
Furthermore, you can contact the workplace (or previous place of employment) of your lost friend to get information on how to reach him or her. Since most workplaces will not easily divulge the personal information of their staff (or former staff), it’s best to go through a friend who works there, if you have any.
If you tried everything we’ve discussed in this article and you haven’t been able to find your friend, then it might be that your friend doesn’t want to be found, or is dead.