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Personal views on society, culture, politics, policy, church, religion and people

The books I read in 2025

The books I read in 2025

My first day in FEDACAD

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...

The books I read in 2024

Here is a list of the books I read in 2024. This stirring book discusses the 'other side' of doctors, the human side, that their patients and others seem to neglect. It gives real life, heart-rending examples of the struggles doctors face while providing care for...
The unhealthy airport competition in Nigeria

The unhealthy airport competition in Nigeria

'Soon, every big man will want an airport at the doorstep of his bedroom'. These are the words of Allen Onyema, Air Peace CEO, sometime in 2020 or thereabout, expressing his concern over new airport licences being granted to states and how it is bad for the aviation...

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Garden city or garden ‘sooty’?

Garden city or garden ‘sooty’?

I stumbled onto a picture making the rounds on social media a few days ago and I realized that I am probably among a handful of Nigerians who have been oblivious about the Portharcourt (PH) soot issue. To be fair I have heard about it a couple of times (mostly on...

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