Anthony Nwakaegho

Medical Brain Drain: No End in Sight Yet

Nigeria’s healthcare system has over the years suffered from inadequate funding, neglected clinics and hospitals, and poorly paid and overworked healthcare workers who frequently move abroad for better employment. Nigeria’s medical brain drain issue has become an albatross. Resident doctors, under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), with over 16,000 members,…

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America’s Choices and an Unstable Afghanistan

American military interventions globally have been called to question, following the footprints of catastrophic genocides that countries have passed through at America’s exit, due to the emergence of armed groups that put the incumbent regimes on their tenterhooks, with a view to toppling them. This assertion may have been proved right as President Joe Biden…

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The Non-Feasibility of the Bill to Create New States

Demands for new states have continued to flood the constitution review panels, despite secessionist agitations in Nigeria. The Senate Constitution Review Committee has considered various factors, including the ability of civilian administration to create states. Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, who chairs the Committee, said his panel had received over 250 memoranda from various groups…

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Anambra Elections: Barrages of Litigations and the Threat to Democracy

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently expressed serious concern that pre-election litigations and conflicting court orders after the primaries for the November 6 Anambra State governorship election may make or mar the poll; hence it has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and other stakeholders to intervene. The Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee…

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Immunity Clause: The Battle for Accountability Moves to the Frontline

The House of Representatives has risen to the occasion to address one of the most pressing debates in Nigeria by considering removing the immunity clause enshrined in section 308 of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) being enjoyed by the president, vice-president, governors and deputy governors. Some scholars have hitherto canvassed for the…

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