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Beyond Brain Drain: Nigeria’s Healthcare Workforce Crisis

On November 29, 2023, no fewer than five wards, comprising about 150 beds, were closed at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, due...

Cover image of David Hundeyin's latest book 'Breaking Point'
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“Obenesu Crescent”: An Excerpt From ‘Breaking Point’ by David Hundeyin

It was March 2021 and I was back in Accra, fresh from my Ivorian adventure. Ndi and Ralph had fallen out over something...

child abuse
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Landlord Tortures 13 Year-Old Boy, Mother Locks Him Inside Room Without Treatment For 3 Weeks

A landlord, Kamoru Fasasi and 2 others in Asipa, Badagry, Lagos State, have seriously damaged the hands of a 13-year-old boy, Moses Amosu,...

Technicalities in Nigeria
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In Technicalities We Trust

You are not (in)sane, Nigeria is just happening to you Nigeria should be on Netflix. It is a politician’s paradise. We now have a...

Eko-nomy
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Talk about the Eko-nomy

City boys are always outside. Pay them in health or you can pay your doctor, mechanic, or client. The safety of you and...

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Introducing: The Agbada System of Government

Anything you see, take it like that On paper, Nigeria is a democracy. In practice, that is not the case. Nigeria has figured...

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Raphael Adebayo: If Six-Year-Old Kids Can Defend Their Families in Mexico, Why Can’t Nigerians?

A few days ago, I declared that it was time for Nigeria to legalize and democratize access to firearms and ammunition so that...

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The Carnage in the Middle Belt of Nigeria

“Two killed, five left injured…” The president has expressed deep sorrow over the killings “One hundred fatalities were recorded and several thousand displaced,”...

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“Nigeria’s accent dilemma: The Hannoying struggle with Inferiority”

A TikToker known as “BlackEnglishman,” with a bio that reads a “connoisseur of English pronunciation,” is a subject of ridicule and admiration online....

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Some Historical Perspective of the Carnage in the Middle Belt of Nigeria

“Two killed, five left injured…” The president has expressed deep sorrow over the killings “One hundred fatalities were recorded and several thousand displaced,”...

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Nigeria State of Affairs as Negativity Rose to Constant News Headlines

The year 2020 was a long but painful year, yet 2023 was more excruciating for Nigeria and Nigerians. Yet its challenges never went...

Police Activities
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How Citizen Engagement Uncovers Unscrupulous Police Activities in Asaba

It’s the weekend, yet a yuletide season, and you fall victim to suspicion of having in possession an item obtained in a robbery....