Author: Ayokunle Adeleye

“I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly,To pass my life in purity and to practise my profession faithfully.I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous,And will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug.I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession,And will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to… Read more

I was meant to have three uncles, just three. I never met one – In person – but I read (with) him, read his books, his notes, and saw his spirit, his drive; I do not know what he looked like, yet he taught me: he taught me to dare. My other uncle nurtured me from afar; I learnt by osmosis. He once said he’d… Read more

Potential is life; and life is potential; since potential is the ability to be and to do. Life is itself a collection of cells, after all, the cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life. A cell is that device that converts (inherent) chemical energy into electric charge – even the biological cell generates charges: phosphates, in ATP and DNA, for example. The… Read more

Everyone wants to be a doctor, yet not everyone wants to be a “medicine man”. Every parent wants to have a doctor as a child, to be called Mama Doctor, Papa Doctor; even if such child is actually a(n unlicensed) patent medicine dispenser. Yes, ours is a society of vanities, so that even the dumb politician pays (for his credentials) to be doctored– not nursed.… Read more

“They have said you cannot pass JAMB at one sitting. That is not true. They have said you must write WAEC, NECO, GCE, and whatever similar exam you can find so you may at least pass one. That too is not true. They have said you must permutate your WAEC, NECO and GCE results to gain admission into university. That cannot be true.” …That is… Read more

Once upon a time, there lived a poor hunter and his childless wife. One day, while gathering wood in the forest, the wife built a maiden out of snow. “If only you were real,” she sighed, “how I would love and treat you.” The forest queen heard the wife’s wish. She promised to turn the snow maiden into a real girl. But with one condition:… Read more