ChiemezieMadu
Personal views on society, culture, politics, policy, church, religion and people
Toughest job on earth? Ask a Chief Medical Director
The job of a Chief Medical Director (CMD) of a hospital (read big hospital) has to be the toughest in the world. Whenever I walk into a hospital, either as a patient or a doctor, I marvel at the sheer amount of responsibility vested on one person to administer such a...
Beautiful nonsense: the problem with Manchester United (take away from the Watford game)
Today's match versus Watford (February 26 2022) is a clear depiction of what the problem with Manchester United is. Namely, that the club's owners prefer a club that exists as an advertisement brand rather than as a proper football club competing for trophies. It is...
An unfair game: the politically disadvantaged position of the Igbos
Undoubtedly the most politically disadvantaged group in Nigeria is the south-east geopolitical zone, home to the Igbos. The question is what does it mean to be politically disadvantaged and why is the south-east the most politically disadvantaged group? Being...
The transformation of FRED is complete: match ratings from Leeds United vs Manchester United
Match day 26 saw Leeds United lock horns with Manchester United, in continuation of a rivalry between the two towns that dates back to the 15 century in what is referred to as the War of the Roses, a battle of supremacy between the House of Lancaster (home to...
2023 and the prospects of an Igbo president
As 2023 approaches, the clamor for an Igbo president grows louder, albeit not as loud as some of us expected. Different terms have been used to describe this quest for an Igbo presidency, the most common being 'Igbo president' or 'president of Igbo extraction'. I...
2023, Tinubu’s ‘wet’ kaftan and the politics of bitterness
A viral video made the rounds recently, of the APC presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who appeared to have a wet stain on his kaftan/babaringa while on a consultative visit to some Obas in Ijebu Ode, South West Nigeria. While some people claimed he had...
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