A couple of years ago, I was instrumental in helping a younger colleague retain his sight. He needed two different eye surgeries and money was tight for him. The expatriate doctor he had consulted and with whom I discussed, rated his chances as 50/50. The dilemma was now mine: to raise funds for not one, but two […]

About a decade and a half ago, I had worked with Dr Christopher Abiodun Kolade on his memoirs. We met two, three times a week over a stretch to help put his thoughts together, and because of this experience, I can claim to know more about him than many people alive. It was perhaps, one of the […]

The social media was alive last week with the news that one Adebayo Ogunlesi has described Nigeria as an ‘exciting’ investment destination and by implication, tacitly endorsed Tinubu’s economic reforms. ‘Nigeria is now an exciting place to invest in. Many more opportunities have opened up’. So declared Adebayo Ogunlesi. For those who might be living in Mars […]

Different people have different stories to tell about their first day, first week or first month in a boarding school. As I recall, mine was terrible. The first Sunday was when the Senior Prefect read out the school’s rules and regulations. He also went on to elaborate on the bye-laws. By the time he finished, all I […]

Humans are created with two legs. We use them mainly for mobility and for balance. Medical Science has since found though, that legs serve a lot more uses than just mobility and balance. Certain ailments for example, can be suspected just by looking at the condition of one’s legs. Healthy legs can therefore indicate healthy hearts and […]