ChiemezieMadu
Personal views on society, culture, politics, policy, church, religion and people
Sickle cell anemia: man’s inhumanity to man
One of my most heart-rending moments in my career as a doctor is seeing sickle cell patients going through a painful crisis. Perhaps the only thing more traumatizing is when patients come to the end of their lives. I think it is plainly wicked and extremely selfish,...
The unending tussle between ASUU and FG
Today (July 21, 2022) is day 157 of the ASUU strike. I thought it was a record until I was told ASUU completed a 9-month uninterrupted strike in 2020, under the same President Buhari (a year after his re-election for that matter). President Muhammadu Buhari I spoke...
Afrobeats: the backstory. A movie review.
I recently stumbled onto the documentary/docu-series, Afrobeats: the backstory, on a lazy evening when I was rummaging through Netflix for anything interesting to watch. The title caught my attention and I decided to give it a try. The first kudos to the movie...
Community is everything: lessons from the Harvard Study of Adult Development
I listened to a TEDX talk by Robert Waldinger, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of Psychiatry at Harvard medical school, where he discussed the findings of what is now known as the world's longest study on happiness - the Harvard Study...
On Peter Obi, Kwankwaso and the proposed LP-NNPP merger
After listening to key stakeholders in both the Labor Party (LP) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) speak on the proposed merger between both political parties, I can only conclude that the merger will not come to fruition. Particularly, after listening to the...
Sentiments aside, Peter Obi and the Labor party need to get serious
Peter Obi currently enjoys the momentum in the upcoming presidential election and public opinion highly favors him. You can hardly scroll through social media feeds without a mention of Peter Obi popping up. He is that popular. However momentum is one thing,...
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