I hear you, Babygirl, but can I make a case for my Hippocratic brothers?
Here are 10+1 reasons to marry and MBBS XY.
1. Free healthcare for the family, forever. No more Googling symptoms at 2am.
2. He already knows sleep deprivation is temporary. He'll survive your newborn phase better than most men.
3. Nothing shocks him. Blood, vomit, chaos, he's unbothered.
4. He notices when you're not okay before you say a word, so, nonchalance and my bro can't coexist.
5. He's used to high-pressure decisions. Arguments won't rattle him easily. Bring on the drama.
6. He knows life is short. Less excuse-making, more actually living.
7. He'll catch health issues in you and the kids early ,before Google can scare you.
8. He respects hard work, because he's lived it. He'll never underestimate your hustle.
9. Discipline is baked into him. Showing up, even when tired, is second nature.
10. He can hold your hand through the scariest hospital moments, literally.
And extra stuff, he may not be "bank-breakingly" rich, but you won't be poor.....
Somebody give me a witness. 😂
My son brought his new girlfriend over for Thanksgiving last year.
She’s 23. Works the night shift at a 24-hour laundromat. Always smells faintly of detergent and fabric softener. Quiet. Kept her hands folded in her lap the whole dinner.
After they left I told my wife, “She’s nice… but I always pictured him with someone who had bigger plans. Someone who doesn’t spend her nights folding other people’s socks.”
Three months later my wife had a stroke while I was out of town on a work trip.
My son called me from the hospital, voice shaking. I was six hours away.
By the time I got there it was almost midnight. My wife was stable but scared and confused. The nurses were short-staffed. She kept asking for her “soft blanket” from home — the old one she always slept with.
In ABUTH, there is one senior consultant who always calms the minds of the students by saying, “We are where we are today because of chronicity. We were like you yesterday. There’s nothing special about us. If you study long enough, you will also be like us and even better. Don’t pressure yourselves.” Now this is a medical elder worthy of praise and emulation. You will never find such people in toxic environments. You see all those toxic ones who make you feel less of yourself? They are bad people.
The Beauty of Episode 3 of Lanterns is the nuance.
Everyone is wrong: John, John’s Parents, The Guardians, Hal.
Told from John's POV, we see how he was raised in an abusive household with the show framing that abuse from the POV of the victim.
John’s parents use fear of racial prejudice as a tool to abuse their son into becoming a green lantern. Racism is real and affects so many people. However, the ring is explicitly portrayed as having chosen John's father before Hal.
The show tells us in that opening scene why the ring chose Hal and why Hal is fearless: he watched his father explode in front of him as a child in a plane and Hal overcame that fear and became a pilot just like him. Hal is equally as fucked up by trauma.
What we also see in that scene is the Stewarts' refusal to acknowledge Hal’s humanity or identity because they won’t let John watch his interview.
This show is looking to exam race, racism, and racial prejudice from multiple angles all while honoring the main themes of legacy and fear.
There is so much going on in this episode and it asks a deep level of critical thinking from its audience. I can’t wait for John and Hal to eventually trauma bond and gain respect for each other.
Facts! Heard of a guy who went to do ordinary appendix surgery and they harvested his heart. True story. He's still fighting for justice against the hospital in the Supreme Court.
“Private hospitals, you need to do better; you’re putting people’s lives at stake”
- Nigerian lady recounts alleged encounter with doctor in Egbeda
A Nigerian lady has called out a private hospital in Egbeda after alleging that a doctor gave her a dismissive response when she returned to the facility after her condition failed to improve following treatment.
According to her, she visited the hospital after feeling unwell and was diagnosed with typhoid and malaria after undergoing several tests.
She said the doctor offered her two treatment options: admission at N100,000 or outpatient treatment at N50,000. She opted for the cheaper option and was given medication to take for three days.
However, she claimed that after completing the treatment, she still felt unwell and returned to the hospital after experiencing weakness and feeling like she might faint.
She alleged that when she asked to see the doctor and explained how she was feeling, the doctor reminded her that he had initially recommended admission and told her she had chosen the other option.
The lady questioned why the hospital offered her the second option if it was not considered adequate for her condition.
She said she asked how many days she would need to be admitted if she eventually chose the first option, but claimed the doctor could not give her a definite answer.
She concluded by urging private hospitals to improve how they handle patients, particularly when their conditions do not improve after treatment.
📹: life_of_olami9
"Game of Thrones Season 8 acted as a conclusion to the incredibly popular adaptation and aired in 2019."
"…That's it? As a Game of Thrones fan and ASOIAF reader, that's the breadth of your opinion on the ending of Game of Thrones?"
I think it is time we acted on these issues. First, evidence shows that a substantial number of illegal arms in circulation in Nigeria originate from official sources.
The National Security Summit report produced by the House of Representatives in 2021 stated that almost 90% of illegal arms in circulation were from official stock. Hundreds of thousands of weapons have been carted away by criminals from all our armed services over the past decade.
The Senate in Feb 2026 stated that over 160,000 guns have been lost by the Police in the past 5yrs. In the Buhari administration, the Supercamps (and then the subsequent smaller camps) of the military were repeatedly raided by terrorists and weapons carted away over and over again. Even MRAPS bought by the Military were repeatedly lost to the terrorists at that time.
SOLUTIONS
First, we must stop losing official arms to criminals. We can implement physical protocols to drastically minimise this. This includes better training and robust integrity testing to weed out compromised officers.
Second, technology exists that allows all officially issued arms to be tracked in real time. Some countries can track over 95% of their officially issued arms. That means if any officially issued arm is stolen or lost, officials can pinpoint its location. That way, most illegal arms will be imported by criminals, and authorities can intercept them more easily with better intelligence. Right now, the State is importing arms, only for criminals to cart them away.
Experts proposed this technology to the Buhari government, but it was rejected on the grounds of lack of funding. I know this because I was personally involved at one point. The options proposed included RFID tags, GPS-enabled smart holsters, and biometric safety locks (including telemetry sensors) that report location and status of all weapons in real time.
If we think security is expensive, can we imagine the cost of insecurity to the nation?
So, let us start DOING, as the solutions are not rocket science. Let us put funds in the right places that will bolster our national security. Being able to track the location of all official arms is a vital first step to stop the availability of illegal arms in the hands of criminals.
Thank you for your attention.
IN HONOUR OF SIS 10 FALLEN HEROES
Yesterday, ten brave officers of the Nigeria Police Special Intelligence Squad (SIS) made the ultimate sacrifice while defending a village in Kebbi State from an advancing force of more than 200 terrorists.
They knew they were heavily outnumbered, yet they refused to retreat. They stood between the attackers and the innocent civilians they had sworn to protect. With extraordinary courage and selflessness, they fought to the very end, giving their lives so that others might live.
Ten officers went into battle and did not return home to their families. Behind each uniform was a father, son, husband, brother, or loved one whose life was cut tragically short in the line of duty.
Their sacrifice is a painful reminder of the courage demanded of those who stand on the frontlines to protect our communities. May their families find strength in knowing that their loved ones gave everything in service to their nation.
May their souls rest in eternal peace. Their courage will not be forgotten.