By Damilola Samuel Nigeria’s shortage of eye-care specialists could worsen as more ophthalmologists leave the country, with the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria (OSN) estimating that the migration of a single specialist could cost the economy about $150,000 annually. The President of OSN, Dr Gloria Patrick-Ferife, raised the concern in a communiqué issued at the end […]

A country of Nigeria’s size cannot achieve broad-based prosperity simply by facilitating the movement of money, information, people and transactions. At some point, it must become better at producing things.

By Adesina Wahab An activist, who is also the Publisher of The Common Good Letter, Rev. David Ugolor, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, the Code of Conduct Bureau, the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP and the Attorney-General of the Federation and […]

As Nigeria’s housing deficit continues to dominate policy conversation, two voices from within the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) — one national, one at the state level — offer perspectives on where the market’s biggest opportunities and obstacles lie, drawn from separate recent engagements with the press. The Opportunity: Affordable Housing at Scale […]

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