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The increasing migration aspirations among Nigerian youth is now expressed with the use of JAPA, a Yoruba word for run, flee or escape. The situation has assumed a dangerous dimension as young career Nigerians in the medical, teaching and financial sectors are also joining the bandwagon. The general objective of this study was to determine the impact of social media in fueling migration aspirations among youth in Nigeria. The researcher used descriptive survey for the study while a sample of 470 youth were sampled from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The researcher found that social media moderately influences the migration aspirations of youth in Nigeria. The researcher found that attitudes towards international migration (p-value < 0.05), subjective norm (p-value