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Commends Origin Tech GroupOwe No Allegiance to Godfathers, Idols, Ohuabunwa Tells PoliticiansBishop Kukah Leads Catholic Diocese of Sokoto in Donating Wheel Chairs to UDUTHNBCC, Moniepoint Collaborate to Chart New Paths for SMEsTinubu Names Rotimi Pedro NTA DG, Appoints New Members into Management Team,BREAKING: Junketing Tinubu Lands In Los Angeles En Route To Brazil For Two-Day State Visit After Japan ConferenceAt Graduation of Defence College Course 33, Tinubu Pledges to Strengthen Local Manufacturing of Military HardwareEFCC Declares Atiku’s Son-in-law Wanted over Money Laundering AllegationsGroup Decries Attacks on NNPCL CFOAt Least 65 Killed Across Nigeria This Week, Amnesty International Says, Condemns Govt InactionIn Defence of Yewa/Awori People’s Bid for 2027 Ogun GovernorshipBREAKING: Senior Police Officers Resolve Nigerian Police Must Quit Contributory Pension Scheme, Seek National Assembly BackingNiger State Govt Fails To Release Funds To Displaced Persons Agency Despite Worsening Floods, Bandit AttacksJapan Designates Kisarazu City As Hometown For Diaspora NigeriansTinubu Unveils Personal Income Tax Calculator, Urges Nigerians to Use It to Know Payment EstimateTAMPAN Guild of Directors Secures Key Partnerships Ahead of 2025 RetreatReformer at the Helm: How Bayo Ojulari is Rewriting the NNPCL PlaybookNACCIMA, Afreximbank Strengthen Ties to Boost Trade, Support MSMEs, Drive Digital TransformationPDP Govs Hold Strategic Meeting in Zamfara Ahead of National ConventionIGP Egbetokun Needs Effective Policing As Enduring LegacyFagbemi Denies Political Influence in Withdrawal of Otudeko, Kuru CasesWarri Monarch Canvasses Peace Amongst Subjects, Launches N750m Trust Fund For Itsekiri Dev’tInsecurity: APC Chieftain Pledges ₦10m to Kwara Security Support FundINEC Urges Leaders to Mobilise Voters for  Registration in SokotoNACCIMA, Nigeria Customs Forge Strategic Partnership to Boost Trade FacilitationOtu Calls for FG’s Support on Nutrition, Health Reforms  EXCLUSIVE: Atiku’s Son-In-Law, Bashir-Haske, Declared Wanted By EFCC, Escaped With ‘Second Passport’ After Passport SeizureMakinde Approves N45m for Control of HIV/AIDS
Tue. Aug 26th, 2025

Alabuga: Brain drain or economic benevolence? 

E. P. Ohaegbulam Nigeria’s persistent struggle for sustained growth and productivity is a complex issue. This is especially complicated by a number of external forces that conspire to undermine domestic development efforts. One of such is an imbalance in foreign trade agreements and other related issues. It is in this regard that the recent vocational […]

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