by Chiemezie Madu | Mar 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
My friends and family often say I have a photographic memory. They may be right. Twenty-five years ago I walked through the gates of Federal Government Academy Suleja, in far away Niger state, Northern Nigeria (FEDACAD for short) for my secondary education and I...
by Chiemezie Madu | Sep 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
I read a story recently on popular Nigerian music producer, Don Jazzy gifting his friend a wrist watch worth almost a hundred million Naira ($60,000) and it made me reminisce on the Don Jazzy-D’Banj story; two promising young men with identical origins but...
by Chiemezie Madu | Sep 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
I vividly recall the last time I cried like it happened only yesterday. It all started on a casual morning in mid-2015 when I was working as a medical officer in a private hospital in Auchi, Edo state, just having completed my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year....
by Chiemezie Madu | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
If there is one thing I struggle with in life, it is time management. There always seems to be too much to do in so little time. A friend once asked if I thought 24 hours was enough time in one day. The answer was yes and no. Yes because we are stuck with 24 hours...
by Chiemezie Madu | Feb 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Recently I have assisted some applicants review their applications to universities or employers overseas and I find many of them grossly incomplete and nonchalantly prepared. From a mile away, you can easily sift those who read the job description or admission...
