Physicians warn Nigeria risks worsening brain drain without health sector reforms
By Adeola Badru IBADAN — The West African College of Physicians (WACP), Nigeria Chapter, has called for urgent reforms to Nigeria’s healthcare system, warning that failure to improve working conditions, funding and infrastructure could accelerate the migration of skilled medical professionals and further weaken healthcare delivery. The appeal was made on Monday during a press […]
Ernest, Egube advocate purpose-driven leadership at clarity experience
Leadership experts, government officials and development professionals have urged young Nigerians to embrace purpose-driven leadership, strategic career planning and active civic engagement as pathways to personal growth and national development. The call was made at the 2026 edition of The Clarity Experience, an annual leadership and purpose conference organised by leadership and management consultant, Shalom […]
Towards a realistic, sustainable minimum wage
The Federal Government is right to reopen the minimum-wage question, because no wage can be called fair if it is continually outrun by inflation and the rising cost of survival. The N70,000 minimum wage was agreed in 2024 at the outset of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. Nigerians were asked to absorb painful shocks in […]
2026: Osun Ansar-Ud-Deen backs Oyebamiji’s governorship bid
By Godwin Oritse As the governorship election in Osun state draws nearer, the aspiration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO) on Sunday garnered a momentum as the leadership and members of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, ADS, Osun State Chapter, unanimously declared support for his candidature and […]
State Police: Separating facts from fictions
By OPEYEMI BAMIDELE Nigeria, the country of our collective heritage, is again at a point of inflection. This is a reality that viciously confronts this federation of six geo-political zones, 36 states and 774 local government areas with a population of 242.46 million. We all have the duty to confront this reality with facts and not […]
When uneducated minds change the education system, by Owei Lakemfa
The Federal Government has announced it is replacing the 6-3-3-4 education system with a linear 12-year one. This is without wide consultations with the citizenry or the major stakeholders like parents, intellectuals, teachers, students, employers and labour. Just nine months ago, government had, with immediate effect, imposed major changes in the education system. That was on […]
