Uncategorized
-
Reforming Nigeria’s Education System: Beyond Certificates Toward Critical Thinking and Civic Responsibility
Abstract Nigeria’s education system has long prioritised certificate acquisition over intellectual development. Students are rewarded for memorisation, regurgitation of lecture notes, and examination performance, while deeper cognitive skills such as critical thinking, conceptual reasoning, and ethical judgment remain underdeveloped. This has produced a generation of graduates who may read and write but lack the intellectual… Continue reading
-
BOYS ARE ALLOWED TO PUNCH!
Not Wealth, money, attention, not even contentment is a cure for poverty. If they were, the Kardashians wouldn’t still be working so hard. I am a feminist and boy! What a past couple of days it has been for us. Because, tell me, how do you begin to explain to a girl child that Charisma,… Continue reading
-
The Cost of Forcing Neurodivergent Minds into Linear Systems
Preparing for yet another long term sickness meeting and I am just here imagining how my life spiralled down so fast. I hope for the best, but preparing my mind for the worst. I have had the unfortunate pleasure of attending a couple since August last year and I kid you not, these meetings are… Continue reading
-
Mr Consistency
Do the little things-consistently My colleague once asked why I have a picture of Frank Lampard on my desk in the office. Unlike other people who prefer to frame their favourite moments/people or pets on their side, I chose to have this man framed, both at home and in the office instead. My wife never… Continue reading
-
No such thing as impossible
December 20th 2025, I had the honour of leading the first outing of young Nigerians under the Value reorientation movement on a street cleaning campaign.We are a group of young people who have resolved to take responsibility, lead, inspire and be ambassadors of positive attitudinal change.we planted 10 ornamental trees and plan to create a… Continue reading
-
“I have a dream”
Everything is achievable. I started my journey in clinical care and research across different countries and health systems, and one reality became impossible to ignore: Africans are still vastly under-represented in global clinical research, yet Africa remains a major consumer of medicines and health products that were never designed with African populations in mind. That… Continue reading
-
NO, I AM NOT A NERD
Around this time last year, I booked my car in for servicing online a week ahead of the due date. On Friday morning of the day I was to take the car, I received a call from the mechanic. He said he wanted a bit more detail. First, he asked what time specifically I wanted… Continue reading
-
Meet Amersham
I moved abroad in March 2021 and lived in Grimsby, a small town in the East midlands of England. I was there for one and a half years. I met this Nigerian guy who owned an African shop, he told me I could actually own a house within one year of working for the NHS.… Continue reading
-
THE VALUE RE-ORIENTATION MOVEMENT OF NIGERIA (V.R.M.)
Nigeria stands at a crossroads. A nation with extraordinary potential creative minds, rich resources, brilliant youth yet crippled by decades of corruption, moral decay, ignorance of rights, and the normalization of mediocrity. Our society has been running on outdated software: old ideas, old systems, old leaders who refuse to evolve. And as a result, generations… Continue reading
DIVERGENT CORNER 