Tribute To The Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria. Lessons of COVID-19 [20]
Maturity leads to insight and understanding. Maturity should, ideally lead to intellectual independence and the ability to analyse issues from different perspectives based on understanding. Maturity is the ability to […]
Identify Yourself. Lessons of COVID-19 [19]
I have spent so much time watching and studying how people reacted, and still react to the COVID-19 pandemic. No matter the nation or subnational entity, the response will fall […]
Irresponsibility and Crisis Management. Lesson 6.1 of COVID-19
One of the lessons we must learn from the COVID-19 crisis is that leadership cannot be on party basis. Leadership cannot be zoned. You can zone political offices, but the […]
Life and Living: Constantly Pushing The Reset Button [Lesson 17]
Nothing is constant in life except change. You cannot step into the same river twice, according to an author. The water flowing through the river is constantly changing. The banks […]
The True Nigerian Spirit. Lessons Of COVID-19 [16]
I was pleasantly surprised that the research into the drug, Remdesivir, to treat coronavirus, was coordinated by a Nigerian and an alumnus of my medical school, the College of Medicine, […]
Rule Over This Virus Now or it Will Ruin Many. Lessons Of COVID-19 [15]
I recently wrote about the metamorphosis of the novel coronavirus infection from an imported disease to an endemic disease. As I stated in the write up, it was initially a […]
The Metamorphosis Of COVID-19 To A Catastrophe For The Poor. [Lesson 13]
Andrew Cuomo’s statement that the poorest usually pay the highest price in a crisis situation is likely to play out in Nigeria, Africa, and even the United States of America. […]
Responsibility And The Citizenry. Lessons From COVID-19 [11]
In our last post, we looked at Trust: The Missing Ingredient. Nations are not built by politicians. Every nation gets politicians that reflect their values. The political class in a […]
Trust: The Missing Ingredient in Nigeria. Lessons Of COVID-19 [10]
Trust is a firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of a person or something. Trust involves firm belief and unshakable confidence. Any developed society is founded on firm […]
Don’t Dare Elect Idiots, Comedians, and Showmen Again. Lessons of COVID-19 [6]
Please don’t read this post if you are not a reasonable person. Ignore it. Don’t comment on this post if you don’t understand what I am talking about. This decade, […]
The Nigerian Army, Police Force, And Citizenry—Lessons of COVID-19 [4]
In the first few days of the COVID-19 lockdown, more people died from the brutality of Nigerian security agents than the virus itself. This shows that there is a need […]
The Death of Abba Kyari—Nigerians Hardly Learn. [Lesson 2]
In the first lesson of COVID-19, we considered the prediction of a dynamic decade between 2020 and 2030 where many events will take place, and nobody will be certain of […]
When Punctuality Becomes Punishment
After the events of Going West To Go East [2], I finally arrived at the airport with Pastor David. The airport was undergoing some renovation and expansion. We were told to […]
Going West To Go East
January 26th saw me embarking on my first trip outside Nigeria in five years. Five years ago, in January, 2015, I went to Australia. Cameroon is our direct neighbour to […]
The Nigerian Youth
The picture above shows me with the then-Governor of former Bendel State, Professor Ambrose Alli on 21/6/1982 at a cocktail party in the University College Hospital, Ibadan. When Eliab, David’s […]
Economic Prophecy—Ruga Settlements
Following the recent uproar caused by “Ruga” Settlements, which is an initiative from the Federal Government to provide ranching for nomadic herdsmen in places all over the country, I remember […]
