And just like that my life has changed forever. June 7, there was Daddy on our weekly family zoom call, talking and laughing. June 8, he felt unwell. Still, when we spoke he was more concerned about my concussion (I’d fallen while playing with my daughter).
June 9, we spoke briefly, my brother Okey with…
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By Desmond Ekwueme
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu is a epidemiologist and public health physician. He was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on 15 August 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Chikwe was born to a Nigerian-German parents. His father is a Nigerian doctor and the mother, a German professor. Chikwe…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
It was sometime in late
1991. Uniformed soldiers were still in power in Nigeria. Somewhere in Orlu, in
the then Imo State, kinsmen called a meeting with a rather curious agenda. They
were worried that one of their sons, a young lawyer, was wasting his talents on
opposing military rule and taking government to court,…