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Nurturing Paths: the Power of Mentorship

Navigating through life’s labyrinth, I have been profoundly shaped by the guiding light of mentorship. From my early days where my 10-year old sister took me step-by-step through the art of doing the house chores, to encounters, decades later with a septuagenarian Professor who helped refine my annual reports, mentorship has been my compass. Bob
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IN THE HOSPITAL: FIRST AS CLERK, LATER AS A DOCTOR

In one of my wakabouts, 18 years ago, I had spotted a small board by the roadside with a bold inscription WANTED: CLERICAL ASSISTANT AT JOLAMADE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL. This was a common way of advertising vacancies especially for menial jobs in those days when internet access was quite limited. My friend particularly encouraged me to
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On Track Towards Development

Sometimes last year, I joined a team of professionals in the development work to provide technical assistance to the leading think-tank for the country; the Nigerian Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS). The peak course offered by the institute is the Senior Executive Course which typifies the convergence of egg heads and very senior

My First Job was Teaching

Sometime ago, I made a post on LinkedIn where I hinted that I might be sharing some tips that I’ve utilised in my work experience. This I believe will be helpful to fellows who seek job opportunities and look forward to optimising their potential. Let me start with a disclaimer. I am not a professional
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Judgement for Affray: The Presidential Way

President Muhammadu Buhari’s style of settling disputes is predictable and familiar. He appears to me like those leaders who believe you should have enough sense to manage crises better among yourselves. If you now continue fighting till he has to intervene, you both would most likely pay for it. As a young lad especially during
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Health is Beyond COVID: Louder?

Since the advent of the novel corona virus named SARS-CoV2 and the disease COVID-19, the world has witnessed a near total shift in attention. Hardly would you find a news article without a touch of COVID-19 in it. People, especially Nigerians kept vigil to check what we now jocularly refer to as ‘live scores’ from
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The Will, The Way

I just watched a movie – Spare Parts and I can vividly relate with the story. It reminds me of the days when we struggled to set up a University of Ibadan chapter of SIFE (now ENACTUS). I remember the politics around registration with the students’ affairs, the recruitment process and boy, the participation in
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Shekau: My Fellow Friend

I was hanging out with some friends in a lounge when he walked up to me. As usual we exchanged pleasantries in a quite dearly way. Courtesy demands (or so I think) that I introduce him to my friends…”this is Shekau (not his real name) he’s a friend”, and then he snapped “don’t mind him
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Friend or Foe: The Coffee Side of Life

Can there be any of my reader who has never had caffeine? I doubt it, as it is not limited to coffee drinks alone. It’s everywhere, beautifully packaged, in varying quantities, from certain soft drinks, to tea, some over the counter pain relievers, to bitter Kola, not sparing chocolate and it products. Yes, that chocolate

Of the Kidneys, Dialysis and Death: Preserving the Young Generation

PS: This write up was started about 2 months ago, delayed due to circumstances beyond my control (in Nigerian parlance) but revived due to my further experience; by fate design in the Nephrology unit-the medical speciality that deals with Kidney-related health problems. As far as my memory can carry me, I first heard about Kidney
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