Tag: Migration
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Many Nigerians are leaving the country through investment migration – Report
NIGERIA ranks third among Africa’s ‘big 5’ private wealth markets behind South Africa and Egypt and more than ever before, affluent individuals are using the mechanism of investment migration as a hedge against unrelenting currency, market and political volatility on the continent. The country which had a projected 15 per cent growth rate in the…
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MDCAN decries mass migration of medical, dental consultants to developed countries
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) on Sunday decried that over 100 consultants left 17 Nigerian health institutions for developed countries. MDCAN said the mass migration has caused significant disruptions to the Nigerian healthcare ecosystem. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the National President of the association, Dr Victor Makanjuola, who read the…
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SEEFAR calls for human-interest reporting on migration
Media practitioners have been urged to report migration developments from a humanitarian angle to improve public understanding of migration realities. The call was made by the Coordinator of The Migrant Project Nigeria, Clare Henshaw, on Monday while receiving members of the Journalists International Forum for Migration (JIFORM) in Lagos. The Migrant Project is one of…
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FG moves to discourage young Nigerians from migration
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants & Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMI) on Monday commenced a national skills acquisition programme for about 2000 Nigerian returnees and persons of concern. NCRMI’s South-West Zonal Head, Mrs Margaret Ukegbu, made the disclosure at the opening ceremony of a Five-Day Skills Acquisition Training for returnees and persons of concern in…
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Irregular Migration : FG advises Nigerians to utilise migrants resource centres
The Federal Government on Wednesday advised Nigerians who are planning to migrate to make use of the newly created Migrant Resource Centres (MRC) to get adequate information relating to their destination countries. The government said the centres where established in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to stem the tide of irregular migration…
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Human trafficking: Obaseki advocates skills-based migration
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that Edo indigenes migrating to other parts of the world stand a better chance at life if they are equipped with on-demand skills to make them globally competitive. Governor Obaseki, who said this during a town hall meeting with indigenes of Edo under the aegis of…
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Slave trade: NAPTIP, NIS, partner EU, others on trafficking, migration in Nigeria
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, and Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, have partnered with the European Union, EU, the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, on how to combat illegal migration and human trafficking in the country. The Director General of NAPTIP,…
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Buhari cautions against illegal migration of Nigerian youths to Europe
President Muhammadu Buhari has frowned at the high rate of illegal migration of Nigerian youths to European countries through the Mediterranean Sea. Buhari made this known at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Sahel and West Africa, organised by the Food Crisis Protection Network in Abuja on Monday. The president, who was represented by Chief…