Category: Others

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

I have since heard many a youth lament about how our grandfathers continue to ruin the country in the name of ruling it, about how the rulers of yester years are yet the leaders of tomorrow, about how these grandfathers themselves were youths when they set out but now detest our youth and our entitlement, about how the affairs of the youth are left for… Read more

I have since realised that youth can be turned to advantage, that things are easier when one is young (contrary to popular opinion and everyday observation); that when one is young, the ‘whole world’ typically rallies around to help, advice is easier to get and experience, to garner, and the ancient argumentum ad misericordiam holds sway. Ironically, that is when one is interested in camaraderie,… Read more