The ‘beloved’
Let me start from the end. You are not dead. You live in me. You deposited a spark...
Category: Life Happens
When it’s all been said and done
Many years ago, a Local Government election was scheduled somewhere in Southern Nigeria. On Saturday morning, information filtered...
As Simple as A, B or C?
This song is twelve years old. I loved it the first time I listened to it and watched...
The Man. The Jungle
Bro Grant always looked dapper in his immaculate three-piece suits. There was a new one every Sunday and...
The Carols of Christmas
Two days to Christmas, the clock had chimed the eighteenth hour of the day and I was hurrying...
36 hours in Nigeria
My journey began after the morning clinic with last minute admin tasks keeping me in the Practice until...
Olfactory Fatigue and the Nigerian Space
It’s been twelve years this week since we inaugurated a non-governmental, non-political organisation with a mission to “lift our...
The Physician’s Oath
Sometime in 1989, I recall addressing our teachers, colleagues, family and friends and saying, “We the willing, led by...
Bellies and Ankles: What’s Your Story?
I’ve recently taken a little more interest in my ankles and belly. First, the belly. Fifteen months ago, I...
Maternal Mortality: A wicked problem – 2
One death resulting from complications of pregnancy is one death too many. It is an ultimate sacrifice, a...