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Nigeria's medical brain drain continues unabated as 91 doctors register in the UK over the last fortnight

NIGERIA'S ongoing healthcare crisis that has seen the incessant exodus of doctors abroad has got significantly worse over the last fortnight with as many as  91 physicians have registered in the UK over the last two weeks.

 

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Pre-Covid 2019 manufacturing figures from these 10 developing nations tell you all you need to know about Nigeria’s problems. We are simply not productive enough. Do Tinubu, Atiku and Obi understand this?

Ayo Akinfe

[1] South Korea - $416.9bn
[2 India - $394.54bn
[3] Indonesia - $220.5bn
[4] Mexico - $217.85bn
[5] Brazil - $173.68bn
[6] Turkey - $143bn
[7] Australia - $78.66bn
[8] Malaysia - $78.28bn
[9] Vietnam - $43.17bn
[10] Nigeria - $38.32bn

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Ndidi looks set to return from injury this weekend as Leicester host champions Man City

SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi looks set to return from injury tomorrow and play some part in Leicester City's English Premier League game against Manchester City at  the King Power Stadium.

 

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Nigeria’s main political parties should all have a national railway manifesto that looks something like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We should set ourselves the target of linking all our 774 local government areas by rail by 2030

[2] Abuja and Lagos should be linked by a high speed network allowing travel within two hours

[3] We should have a coastal high speed rail link that connects Calabar to Lagos within two hours

[4] We should launch an Ecowas service linking Accra, Abidjan, Dakar, Freetown, Niamey, Bamako, Ouagadougou, Banjul, etc

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Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria denies signing agreement with UK to stem exodus

MEDICAL and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) officials have denied signing a bilateral agreement with the UK government restricting the emigration of Nigerian doctors into Britain.

 

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Tinubu says he has forgiven Osinbajo for daring to stand against him in APC primaries

FORMER Lagos State governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said he has forgiven vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo for daring to stand against him during the parties recent primaries.

 

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Nigeria Air set to launch by December this year as aviation minister says everything is in place

NATIONAL carrier Nigeria Air is now due to commence operations in December this year after aviation minister Senator Hadi Sirika revealed that all the plans put on place for the project remain valid and the project is on course.

 

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Meghan and Harry donate towards Nigerian flood relief after revelation that Duchess is Nigerian

PRINCE Harry and his wife Meghan Markel have made a significant donation to charities working in Nigeria after the Duchess of Sussex revealed she discovered she is 43% Nigerian after taking a genealogy test.

 

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Arsenal's teenage sensation Ethan Nwaneri capped by England as he features in U17 match

NIGERIA'S hopes of securing the services of Arsenal teenager Ethan Nwaneri have suffered a major setback after the midfielder became provisionally cap-tied after featuring for England's U17 team in a match against Lithuania on Tuesday.

 

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Can someone please explain to me why the last three British prime ministers have had Levelling Up programmes but neither Tinubu, Atiku or Obi has an Almajiri Elimination Policy

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Levelling up in the UK is generally about spreading prosperity to all parts of the country. We desperately need this kind of policy in Nigeria, especially in certain states in the northeast and northwest where the absence of any form of commerce has boosted the Almajiri phenomenon, kidnapping and terrorism

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