Surgeon operating with torch light
Medical tourism is an ambiguous sick rose. Its a cavern of the unseen, where deathly tools manifest deficient healthcare and secret crimes of black market operators, comprising quack doctors, organ harvesters and traffickers.
Knowing this, President Muhammadu Buhari urges Nigeria … Read the rest
More than a decade ago when I first started writing this column, one of the articles I wrote was on Nigerian “Nostradamuses”. In that piece, I called out the culture of Nigerian pastors’ annual prophetical proclamations as a sham. I … Read the rest
At the height of the bloody clash between the peripatetic cattle herdsmen and farmers in 2018, I wrote in my column of June 27 of that year and said that “Nigerians have simply become inured to these horrific killings, they … Read the rest
The gruesome murder of the Lagos State University student, Miss Favour Daley-Oladele, by a self-deluded young man in pursuit of an illusion of “money rituals” is saddening. According to reports, Favour’s boyfriend, Owolabi Adeeko, had allegedly connived with a pastor, … Read the rest
Reuben Abati
One of the major indications of the dysfunctional nature of the Nigerian social and political ecosystem is what can be best summarized in pidgin English as the “Na my brother dey there” syndrome. It is the politics of proximity by … Read the rest
Qasem Soleimani
Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a US airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump at Baghdad International Airport on Friday, was hailed as a hero in Iran — brave, charismatic and beloved by the troops.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali … Read the rest
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