Sodiq Ojuroungbe
Senior Correspondent @Punch Newspaper. Investigative Journalist, Fact-Checker, and Freelance Writer
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4 days ago |
punchng.com | Sodiq Ojuroungbe
Many children in communities in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State are exposed to childhood killer diseases such as polio, measles, and other vaccine-preventable diseases as their parents deny them life-saving vaccines due to their daily struggle to earn a living. SODIQ OJUROUNGBE reportsThe scorching sun had barely kissed the horizon when Nneoma Okonkwo, a 30-year-old mother, set out from her home in Alimosho.
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5 days ago |
punchng.com | Sodiq Ojuroungbe
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has called for the urgent adoption of digital technology in Nigeria’s agricultural sector to boost food production, curb rising prices, and reduce the country’s dependence on food imports.
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1 week ago |
healthwise.punchng.com | Sodiq Ojuroungbe
Sodiq OjuroungbeMedical doctors in Nigeria have raised concerns over poor remuneration and unfavourable working conditions with some earning less than N250,000 per month in some states despite risking their lives to provide care to patients. PUNCH Healthwise investigation showed that this meagre compensation is a key factor driving many medical professionals to seek better opportunities abroad, worsening the country’s brain drain crisis popularly known as japa syndrome.
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1 week ago |
punchng.com | Sodiq Ojuroungbe
Medical doctors in Nigeria have raised concerns over poor remuneration and unfavourable working conditions with some earning less than N250,000 per month in some states despite risking their lives to provide care to patients. PUNCH Healthwise investigation showed that this meagre compensation is a key factor driving many medical professionals to seek better opportunities abroad, worsening the country’s brain drain crisis popularly known as japa syndrome.
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3 weeks ago |
healthwise.punchng.com | Sodiq Ojuroungbe
Across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, patients in urgent need of life-saving Computed Tomography scanners are left to suffer—or worse, die—due to their absence or dysfunctional state in public hospitals.
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I spent more than five days visiting the hospital, pretending to be a patient and, in some cases, posing as a patient’s relative. The first-hand accounts gathered during this investigation shows an institution that was meant to save lives but has instead become a death house.
In this two-part series, PUNCH Healthwise investigation reveals how doctors struggle with obsolete equipment daily to treat patients leading to many reported cases of medical errors and avoidable deaths. https://t.co/r3VRPqtEN2
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