Health Issues
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An Open Letter to the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 Dear Mr. Chairman, Sir, With the deepest reverence for your exalted…
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The Golden Gown Gala: How Every Governor Is “Best” and Nothing Gets Better
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 Few months ago, the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja glittered with more sequins…
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Are Nigerian Doctors Truly the Architects of a Healthcare Revolution? A Critical Inquiry into Five Years of Change, Apathy, and Desperation
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 The answer is not a simple “yes” or “no.” It is a…
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My mother’s bag and her pen
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 It is a truth universally acknowledged, though seldom articulated with the requisite…
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Bayo Mango Follies…
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 In the annals of Owa village, a settlement of otherwise unremarkable rusticity nestled…
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The last ride
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 The latest entrepreneurial pipeline transforming young men from “consumers” to “CEOs” is, as…
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The Ascent of Ash and the Silence of the Larynx
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 They called him Hujjat al-Islam—The Proof of Islam. At thirty-four years of age,…
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Honoring the Sardauna’s Legacy: A Vision to Transform National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala, Kano into a 21st Century Beacon of Patient-Centered Care
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 In 1959, as the winds of independence swept across the African continent,…
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The Ten Minutes That History Will Not Forgive
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 There are moments in the life of a nation that arrive dressed not…
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The Kwara Politicians: A Spine Surgeon’s Lament
By Kawu Ahidjo Abdulkadiri MD ahidjokawu@yahoo.com +2348034096417 I have spent thirty years staring at spines. Human spines. Crooked, fractured,…
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