Adenuga Emmanuel MD, MWACS

WILD: 🇺🇸🇳🇬 FBI says 25 people have been convicted in a $215 million Nigerian fraud scheme targeting over 1,000 victims across 47 U.S. states.

Lol. Most of might be lucky to make it to 80. We will revisit this convo👍👍👍

We don't have hate the culture of mediocrity, lack of value for human life and wickedness enough in this country.. The kind of disgusting corruption and stealing in this country doesn't make sense.

MBBS is not the same thing in every school; please let's stop this joke. I have worked with house officers from different schools, and there is always a difference between those who trained in first-generation medical schools and others. Secondly, students decide to go there because of accreditation issues. I moved from UNN in Jamb to OAU, and I can remember my dad saying, 'What gives you the confidence to move from frying pan to fire?' And I told him, 'This is my dream school; I will do whatever it takes to get there.' And the day I got my admission and showed him my name on the merit list, he took me to a computer shop and bought me my first laptop. Allow people to make their dreams come true; all you need to do is tell the person to give in their best and don't discourage them.

My dad had a similar experience. He owned three FMCG stores in Yaba, Tejuosho to be precise. After the war he didn't even come back to Lagos immediately because he felt he might not be welcome. Instead he moved to PH then to Sapele and started doing imports of sewing machines (many Igbo people started itinerant sewing which led them to Okrika). He couldn't crack the business however so his friend who had moved to Cotonou asked him to come join him. On his way there he passed through Lagos and decided to stop by his former area (two full years after the war ended) and found out that his long term neighbor a Yoruba man had kept his 3 shops running, restocking it and keeping all the records. When he saw my dad he told him he'd been looking for a way to reach him since the war ended, even sending messages but post war craziness meant no way to find him. He totaled the money he'd managed plus the cost of buying the stores and everything added up to £9,000. That's what my dad took plus the £6,000 he made from selling off his old business and started doing shoe and textile imports in Lome from 1973 onwards. Many such cases.

During the Nigerian Civil War, many Igbo people fled cities like Lagos, leaving behind houses and property. Alex Ekwueme (then a young architect) left his house in Apapa. His neighbour, Otunba Subomi Balogun, a banker did not seize the property. Instead, he removed intruders from the house, renovated it and rented it out while Ekwueme was away. He carefully kept all the rent proceeds. When the war ended and Ekwueme returned, Balogun handed back the house to him and gave him a full envelope of all the rent collected Ekwueme was reportedly shocked, because many others lost their properties during that period. About a decade later, Ekwueme became Vice President under President Shehu Shagari (Second Republic, 1979–1983). Subomi Balogun wanted to establish his own bank but faced significant hurdles at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Officials resisted because it was unprecedented for a private Nigerian citizen to own a commercial bank without foreign partners; there were also political suspicions (some alleged he might use it to finance certain politicians). After failing to get traction through official channels, Balogun turned to his old friend. One Sunday after Church Service, he and his wife "cornered" Ekwueme at the Cathedral Church in Marina, Lagos. They physically grabbed Ekwueme and his wife's clothing to get past security and plead their case. Ekwueme listened, reassured him, and instructed him to come to the Federal Executive Council meeting he would preside over (as Shagari was absent). That very Thursday, the Finance Minister called Balogun to confirm that the license had been approved on Ekwueme's instruction. This paved the way for FCMB and reportedly opened doors for other indigenous banks. Balogun later opened an FCMB branch in Ekwueme's hometown of Oko (Anambra State) in continuation of their friendship. We love ourselves, it is the politicians that are dividing us.

From your Final years in medschool to Housemanhip, you will face the consequences of reading “high yield topics” Just to pass

Pass first. You'll get everything as you go. Even surgery residents still read anatomy.

Wuhan Railway Station in China is bigger than many airport terminals in the West and has more bullet train lines than many countries have altogether