University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, first tertiary hospital in Nigeria, will be 60 years old on 20 November, this year. That was the date it was finally commissioned for operation in 1957 but the story of its existence dates back to 1952 when it was created by an Act of Parliament of then colonial government of Nigeria. It was named University College Hospital because the University of Ibadan, established in 1948, whose medical students it was meant to provide clinical training for was also then known as the University College, Ibadan, affiliated to University of London. From conception to establishment,…

Nigeria is obviously riding a tempestuous wave on a battered raft with captains giving kneel jerk instructions and blind followers acting based on whims of their socio-politically challenged leaders. Ethnicity and religion have worked the unity of Nigeria to its weakest tolerable point, where the strings that bind us are shattered and about to snap. The Biafran agitation and subsequent action of federal government have revealed clannish leadership at the center worse than the threat secessionists pose on our corporate integrity. While naming of the disgruntled Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) secessionist group is indeed a matter for curious analysis,…

It was a gathering of ‘Who is Who’ in Nigeria, an assemblage of the cream of the Nigerian community from the top echelon of the Judiciary, the leaders of the political elite, the top brass of the Military and the Police both serving and retired, the leading lights in the Ivory Tower, the captains of commerce and industry, the barons of banks and financial institutions, media executives and top civil servants to traditional rulers and community leaders. The galaxy of icons at the Merit International Centre venue of the fiesta was simply intimidating. Leading the Military class was General Oluwole…

There is a great desire on the part of President Buhari and his henchmen to arrest, detain suffocate and may be even kill Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, head of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The belief is that once Mr. Kanu is out of the way, Biafra would be killed. Those who think thus are unaware of the history of Biafra. There was once a man by the name of Emeka Ojukwu who preached the gospel of Biafra. He was the most hated name in Nigeria except in the eastern provinces where he was worshipped. Ojukwu was forced out of Nigeria…