Nine Months of Darkness
A while back in July, on a trip from London to Abuja, my sister sat next to a talkative person on the flight. In his lamentations about visiting home,
A Physician's Diary
A Physician's Diary
No Need for Celebration
It’s that time of the year again; when we dress brightly in our traditional attires and elaborate head gears. The women in their buba and iro sewn wit
Dying while sleeping: The truth about aphrodisiacs
Some time back, a relative came to me with what she thought was outrageous news; her elderly uncle had just passed away in a small village in Jalingo.
The Back Benchers
There is a popular Nigerian joke which says that there are only four career options available to children when they eventually grow up- doctors, lawye
The Truth about Medical Tourism
A year ago, on a WhatsApp group, I read about a woman whose relatives were soliciting funds so that she could travel abroad for medical care. The sum