AS many as six in 10 Nigerian medical practitioners intent to leave the country for greener pastures soon according to recent findings just published by the Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors (Nard).

AMERICAN carrier Delta Airlines has announced plans to discontinue its services between New York’s JFK airport and Lagos as from October 4 as part of a general scaling back of its operations along non-profitable routes.

NIGERIAN students have become the third largest foreign group in the UK behind India and China after a seismic 686% increase in the number of enrolments over the last three years following the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

Home Office figures reveal 65,929 Nigerian nationals were granted a sponsored study visa in the year ending June 2022. This represents a rise of 57,545 compared with 2019, when 8,384 such visas were given.

NIGERIANS in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom) chair Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has praised the country's diasporans for their ongoing contributions to the economy after recently-released figures showed that remittances for the first quarter of the year rose by 20.3%.

According to data just released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), remittances for the first quarter of 2022 rose to $5.16bn from $ 4.29bn during the same period in 2021.

ENGLISH Championship side Middlesbrough are closing in on a season-long loan deal for Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka before the close of the transfer window tomorrow as they are lure the Brentford man with the offer of regular football.

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[1] A lot of people may not be aware of it but the British royal family has been trying to re-brand itself of late, positioning its members as investment ambassadors

SUPPORTERS of former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar are planning to organise a 10m man march in the six state of the south-south geo-political zone in a bid to shore up support for the man and face up to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.

ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester United are said to be planning an audacious  €140m bid for Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen in a desperate attempt to lure him to the English Premier League and revive their flagging title challenge.

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[1] It is no secret that the governors of Nigeria’s five states in the southeast geo-political zone are presiding over the plight of the country's most industrious group of people. However, this energy and ingenuity is being wasted in the highly-limited retail sector, when if unleashed into manufacturing could fetch Nigeria five or six manufacturing conglomerates

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele has responded to the ongoing crisis in the aviation industry by releasing a sum of $265m to foreign airlines operating in the country to avoid them pulling out of the country over remittance worries.