“Make sure you don’t sleep,” one trafficker belted out. “If you sleep, you fall off. And if you fall off, you die!”
Part 1 of my latest investigation for @fijnigeria.
UNDERCOVER: Europe Through the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea (I) https://t.co/EfKYGPGz5t
The day I eat pasta in Italy, croissants in Paris, shawarma in Lebanon, paella in Spain, poutine in Canada, kimchi in South Korea, pho in Vietnam, & fondue in Switzerland is the day I know I made it in life… & that’s on God btw!🤞🏽
When I wanted to get married, I made a deliberate decision: I never took the engagement list given to me by my in-laws to my family members. I handled everything myself because I knew the kind of relationship and boundaries I wanted to establish from the beginning. I didn’t want a situation where my family would eventually start referring to my wife as “iyawo wa.”
A few years ago, we had a family function, and they requested that my wife come a day before the event after I had already contributed my share for the olópọ̀s. I said no.
I always remind my family: my wife is my wife, not “our wife.”
Setting boundaries in marriage requires a lot of responsibility from the man. You cannot expect your wife to have peace and independence in the marriage if you are constantly allowing your family to cross boundaries.
Sometimes, being the man of the house means having the courage to say NO, even when saying it may not make everyone happy.
I was on call in a private hospital when one of my nurses developed abdominal pains.
I ran around despite resistance from the hospital's admin to ensure she got an Ultrasound (they wanted her to pay first!).
Results showed Acute Appendicitis. This private hospital refused to book her in for urgent surgery until she made a deposit of 750K (Ps-She works here and her salary is less than 180K).
We mobilized her and sent her with another nurse to a government hospital. She went to 4 different government hospitals and 'No bed space' was all they said and turned them back (not even minding she was a nurse!).
I had to ask them to bring her back to the private hospital where she finally had the surgery after myself and 3 other nurses including the patient signed to have deductions from our salaries till the debt was paid.
She had a ruptured appendix when we finally went in which changed the surgery from a simple appendectomy to an Ex-Lap. 750k became 1.6M and we had to pay it for 5 months till it was completed. She is fine now but just putting this out here.
I saw this yesterday and passed. Only for me to come across it again today and see men are crashing out. Please can someone explain why?
They always say we should enter marriage first and we will see, we should do what works for us. Toh, she has entered the marriage, seen, and is doing what works for her and they still have a problem with it. What exactly do you want from us?
If you are a foreigner visiting Africa, especially if you are from Europe or North America where malaria is almost non-existent, please make sure you take a malaria test IN AFRICA before departing the continent.
This is absolutely crucial. If the Russian chess official had gotten tested in Nigeria before departing for Uzbekistan, medical staff would have easily detected the Plasmodium parasite in his blood. He would have been administered Artemether or Artesunate treatments, which would have cleared the parasite from his system within a 72-hour window.
The problem with waiting to get tested in Europe or other non-endemic regions is that because malaria is so rare in those places, it is usually the last thing doctors check for. Malaria manifests with flu-like symptoms, high fever, and severe exhaustion, which Western doctors often misdiagnose as a standard viral illness. In contrast, if you walk into any standard clinic, pharmacy, or hospital in Nigeria complaining of dizziness and a high fever, the very first thing they check for is malaria. Consequently, you have a much higher chance of early detection in Africa than anywhere else.
Beyond just early detection, you also have a significantly higher chance of receiving an accurate diagnosis in Nigeria compared to any hospital in Europe or America. This may sound counterintuitive, since Western countries undoubtedly possess more robust medical infrastructure and advanced diagnostic technology, but this advantage does not apply to malaria. The gold standard for diagnosing malaria is largely manual, not electronic. The parasite is not detected by a digital frequency signature on a monitor. A medical laboratory scientist must draw the patient's blood, prepare a thin and thick blood film, place it under a microscope, and visually examine the red blood cells. They must manually identify the specific species of the parasite and determine the exact density and severity of the infection.
Nigerian lab scientists and healthcare workers can perform this task almost effortlessly and with staggering precision because it is a daily routine. In their medical training, and across hospitals and clinics, they do this every single day, as malaria is the most common infectious disease in Nigeria and many parts of Africa. In Europe and other non-endemic nations, this specific visual diagnostic skill is almost non-existent. An American or European medical technician might only ever manually detect malaria in a red blood cell during a single practical project in medical school, and that is where it ends. Throughout their entire medical careers, they may never encounter a live malaria case. For this reason, their practical accuracy in diagnosing it will never match that of their African colleagues.
So, if you ever visit Africa, and particularly a country like Nigeria, please make sure you get yourself tested for malaria before traveling back to your home country to avoid the tragic reality of paying the ultimate price.
This is Emmanuella Ngaha and Jason Ngaha this morning in Enugu as our 2-week bootcamp commences.
I just learned that their mom had a brain tumor while their dad has both kidney failure.
This is too much for these children to bear, and they have been out of school since December.
We will ensure that they return to school this September and fulfill their dreams.
They are both so brilliant, and the world will celebrate their greatness.
Whenever I encounter this, and the Police refuse to release the detained person, I always take two steps:
1. File a Motion Ex parte for an Order directing the Commissioner of Police and the DPO to produce the detained person in Court. This is pursuant to section 159 of the ACJL and Section 64 of the Police Act.
2. File a FHR Suit against the Police.
The first step is generally faster, and the Police always release the detained person before or immediately after they receive the Order. It also does not stop you from continuing with the second step after you have achieved your aim in the first.