The next wave of Japa will shake the health sector to its foundation. I knew we were in trouble when I saw an unmarried Hausa lady, born and bred in the North, in her 20s, Japa.

Whenever I went to Nigeria (until last year), I stayed in hotels. Every time, my good friend and Oga would graciously book the hotel for me. He is a respected academic and has both a car and a motorbike. He uses both, but especially the car, for its convenience and safety. During one of those visits, he came to see me at a hotel, which he recommended and booked for me. The hotel security shouted at him, rudely ordering him to take his bike behind a generator room. He was shocked because just a day earlier, the same security personnel had gleefully greeted him and prayed for him when he arrived in a car. Again, my younger brother has a small car. I have one too, but mine is a bit more expensive than his. As my driving licence had expired and I was in the process of renewing it, I felt I shouldn’t drive. My brother laughed at me, telling me that even if KAROTA, the police, or road safety officers stopped me, they would not care about my licence. Instead, they would beg for “na goro”, a token. And they proved him right! I had these recollections after watching the last episode of the Kannywood drama, “Kaddara”, last night. Maimuna’s 4th husband is a spendthrift. He insists on driving an expensive, flashy car to match his new status as the MD of a big company. He argues that if he drove a cheap car, he would not be respected. Unfortunately, we overvalue material possessions, especially cars, in Nigeria. In Europe, a flashy car does not signal wealth. None of my colleagues, including globally renowned professors, drive expensive cars. Most use bicycles. They usually use a car in winter or for special occasions. We need to undergo an attitudinal change. We should learn to value people for their worth as human beings, not for wealth, position, or anything else. Allah (SWT) Himself says, “Indeed, We have dignified the children of Adam”. May we be guided, amin. Muhsin

On this, I’m with Mallam Nasiru a hundred and one percent! These monstrous killers live we’ve always maintained should not see the light of the day. There’s no negotiation whatsoever that can ever be done from a position of weakness! Finally, it’s our belief that the day the Government is ready to end this, THEY WILL!! Finally, Allah ya isa 🤲🏾

“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 '𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴'. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵.” — 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘛𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪

Arewa has no media is such a funny way to mask up the stupid misplaced priorities of your people. When Bello Matawalle’s son inlaw cheated, you people had enough voices to make it trend in every corner of the internet for days. But Matawalle as minister of defense has never trended on Arewa media for his failure to tackle the constant daily killings of Northerners under his leadership. Even the top voices in Arewa have turned to slaves to the very politicians that failed to protect the North. Arewa’s problem is stupid misplaced priorities centered around marriage, relationship gossips and political almajiri pandemic not lack of media.

First he condemned politics. Then he entered politics. Then he lost in one party. Then he joined the party he tearfully cursed in a qunuut. This isn’t hypocrisy — this is a JOURNEY of self-discovery. Subhanallah! Apparently, Mallam looked at everything he preached, studied it carefully, and said — “nah, that’s not me !”. I wonder what the multitude standing behind him in that mosque on that day are now thinking…. This is truly inspiring. We should all celebrate his growth and “awakening(?)”. Indeed, “may Allah never test our Imaan beyond what we can bear.”

Pantami went on national TV saying he would fight injustice after he was denied the APC ticket, claiming no consensus took place. Now he has moved to the PDP and got the aspirants who worked hard for the party dumped just for his own interest. Wannan shine adalci 😂

But why is Pantami being assessed differently, and attacked more harshly than even less experienced aspirants? There are people with uninspiring credentials and administrative qualifications running for various public offices, some with histories that are hardly praiseworthy, yet none of them is being subjected to this level of obsessive scrutiny. Most of his critics have no idea who he is running against. They seem interested only in his takedown. Let us at least pretend that we are comparing him with other aspirants and faulting him based on where he ranks, instead of singling him out for exceptional treatment. I understand the argument that his clerical activities may not align with his political adventure, especially since politics is often seen as a practice of double-speak and dishonesty. But since he is running for political office, we should assess him as a politician and not as a candidate for the Imamate.

Which one is Hausa Renaissance kuma? 😂 Kabilanci dai ba kyau.

ABUTH. Leave surgery for Zaria

Mine was catching a newborn baby with my bare hands. During my House Job, we were having one of those chaotic O&G calls where everybody was occupied with emergencies. In the middle of the chaos, this woman was already pushing almost unnoticed. Suddenly, the baby’s head was out. And there was nobody there to deliver him. Before anyone could react, the baby slipped out completely and was about to fall straight onto the concrete floor. And if that happens, he'd even pull the placenta along and only God knows what will happen. From afar, I saw it and ran. No gloves, no time to think, just pure reflex. I caught the baby seconds before disaster. Honestly, it was something I dreaded so much. Blood, liquor and everything possible touched me. I spent the entire day washing my hands reflexively while my colleagues kept laughing at me 😩 But if I could go back to that exact moment again, I’ll still do it again. Saving that baby was totally worth it.

I don’t know what to make of General Yakubu Gowon’s autobiography, because I have always had reservations about autobiographies written in the twilight of one’s life. At that stage, the impulse to document a life is often shaped less by the urgency of truth than by the desire to appease, apologise, explain, or repair. In many cases, memory has been dulled by time, and the subject has to rely on aides, assistants, records, and reconstructed recollections to fill the gaps. The passage of time also softens old hostilities. The writer may have made peace with some of the key characters in the story, or developed a sensitivity to the feelings of the dead and their families, and may therefore avoid reopening wounds. This was the problem I had with IBB’s memoir, and it is a common weakness of such books written in the final lap of a public life. They often serve the purpose of public relations more than fidelity to truth, candour, or historical clarity.

Internal Medicine final exams were one of the closest experiences to psychological warfare I’ve ever witnessed in my life. The MCQs started and within 5 minutes everybody already had that “we are finished” look on their faces. Questions were appearing from dimensions we had never accessed before. We were genuinely whispering to ourselves: “Where exactly did these people set this exam from?” At some point, the HOD walked into the hall to calm everybody down and announce: “There will be NO negative marking.” The entire hall breathed again. Brother… They still did negative marking. Then came the essay paper. There’s one particular question whose answer is still being debated till today like some ancient philosophical argument. Different students were giving different answers. I think there's like 10 versions of the answer. Nobody truly knows what Internal Medicine wanted from us that day. The OSCE was the final boss. We entered. There was one of the history taking stations. The patient had recurrent falls and dark pigmentation of the palms and soles. Take history and answer some follow-up questions. We sweated all through that OSCE. The final diagnosis for that station? Vitamin B12 deficiency. 💀 Well, considering where we are today, it's now all history.

Just so you know, this is not because the system is broken but because we never thought it was worth fixing. I have a B.Sc,Ed and a MEd from the Nigerian education system. I watched brilliant, committed people study curriculum theory, developmental psychology, pedagogy, and assessment for years, just to enter a profession that the same government treats like a fallback option for people who could not get in anywhere else. And now JAMB has formalized that disrespect. Ask yourself one question: would we ever do this for Medicine and Surgery? Would we say, “you know what, anyone who wants to be a doctor does not need to pass UTME?” Of course not. Because people would die, and we would see it. Dead body go surplus ba? Yeah. But here is the truth nobody wants to say out loud. The damage a poorly trained teacher does is just as lethal. It is only slower. It shows up twenty years later in citizens who cannot think critically, who are vulnerable to propaganda, who will collect N5,000 and vote against their own future, who will join a secret cult because nobody ever taught them their own dignity. You cannot separate the collapse of Nigerian civic life from the collapse of Nigerian teacher education. They are the same story. Finland did not become Finland by accident. Denmark did not become Denmark by accident. The countries we admire for their infrastructure, their rule of law, their social trust, their cleanliness, their decency, built those things first in classrooms, with teachers who were selected from the top of their graduating cohorts and paid and respected accordingly. Teaching in Finland is as competitive as Medicine. That is not a coincidence. Our leaders cannot see this because they are not building for a future they will not live to enjoy. They want to name senate buildings after themselves today like Mimiko did in Ondo State. They want to build stadiums and name it after themselves like Godswill Akpabio. Nobody gets a plaque for producing a generation of thoughtful citizens. Nobody cuts a ribbon for that. And so it does not get done. Also, prioritizing petroleum engineers and tech gurus give them the ammunition they need to continuously take advantage of our natural resources and fintech opportunities to make millions. But for teachers who raise viable citizens? Nah! No instant reward. This JAMB policy is not a mistake. It is a value statement. It tells you exactly what this system thinks of teachers, of education, of the human beings those teachers will spend their lives shaping. And until we are as outraged about that as we are about fuel prices or naira depreciation, we will keep producing the same country, and then wondering why nothing ever changes. Everyone at @JAMBHQ should be ashamed of themselves.

Unrelated, but I'm disappointed in Sadiq's performance.

Cars that I will offer to civil servants for 5 - 6 million Naira, I checked Jiji, Twitter, Instagram and asked prices of various car dealers in Nigeria, nobody is offering the same car for less than 8 million naira.

Somebody pinch me 😭😭

My Perfect Rabb🤲🏾….. Alhamdullilah 🌹

9 years and 2 babies later, Alhamdulillah!

Having satisfied my examiners in character and learning, I have been found worthy of the award of the degree of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB;BS) of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. It is DR. ABDULHAMID ZAINAB now 😍🥹

I have satisfied my examiners, and have been found worthy in both Character and Learning. Worthy to be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MB;BS - Abu Zaria) Truly grateful.