The Patriarch is a poem written to commemorate Father’s Day. This poem gives perspective to the lives of most fathers as they try to meet up with society’s demand on them and navigate life with the weight of a family on their shoulders. It’s a tale of how most of them spend their youth fulfilling responsibilities, never having time to enjoy their own labours. Most times, these disguised superheroes are never appreciated, not seen, in part because they always try…
“We are pregnant.” Coined from the French term “couver,” meaning to hide, Couvade (/koo-vahd/) Syndrome refers to a recently acknowledged phenomenon in which men who are emotionally and psychologically attuned to their pregnant partners experience shared pregnancy symptoms such as morning sickness, bloating, reduced libido, change in urinary or bowel habits, nausea, and emotionally erratic behavior. It is also known as sympathetic pregnancy or pregnant dad syndrome. Typically, symptoms begin during the first trimester, subside during the second, peak during…
Can we meet you? I am Dr. Abimbola Ayodeji Abolarinwa, a UIMSA alumnus from the Class of 2004.I did my House job and NYSC in Lagos and Kaduna, respectively, and completed a Residency at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Surgery and Urology.In 2013, I became a certified Urologist and later a hospital consultant in LASUTH.Two years later, in 2016, I became a Senior Lecturer at Lagos State University and an Honourary Consultant. Why did you choose medicine as…
Ever planned to write on a certain topic and then moved in a similar yet different direction as you researched? No? Well, that’s what happened to me. The article you’re currently reading was meant to be a commentary on the state of competitive scrabble in Nigeria, inspired by the soon-to-be-held UIMSA Interclass Scrabble Competition and the triumph of Enyi Emmanuel, captain of the University of Ibadan Scrabble Team, at the 2022 Emmanuel Egbele National Scrabble Tournament. However, while…
Over the past few years, Marvel Studios has shown great interest in investments in TV shows as well as their movies, going to such lengths as having their parent company – Disney – create its own streaming platform to exclusively air these series for their viewers. It hasn’t been without positive returns either, as releases such as WandaVision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, and Moon Knight were the talk of fans for weeks. Last week, a new hero by the…
First things first, Hip-Hop is not dead in the 234 (shoutout to everyone who said, “Rest in peace Uncle Phil” internally). I’m tired of the endless rants by those seeking to convince others as well as themselves that the culture is dead, and that Nigerian rap in particular has no value. For anyone insistent on revisiting that conversation, here’s a quick summary: Even at its peak, Hip-Hop was not the most dominant genre in Nigeria. Yes, it suffered a decline…
It’s 2:09 am on my birthday. I’m typing away at my laptop, hating. The grind doesn’t stop. What is photorealism and why is disparaging it so important to me? Well, to answer this question, I must first ask; what does art mean to you?. Perhaps, you view it as a means of expression or simply as a thing of beauty; that is all fine. After all, there is no universally accepted definition of art. But one thing most people agree…
Let’s go back in time Tick Tock Tick Tock. Recently, MR. X with an unfamiliar face, was said to have been caught in the hall and he was challenged about his presence at the time. He was said to have given incoherent answers to questions asked by the defence team, like 2KA, and having a 200level student contact in the hall. He could also not give credible reasons for his presence in the hall at that time and was recognized…
Throughout the years, crows and vultures have gotten a bad reputation as the villains of the bird kingdom for their dietary practices and omens of doom, yet an even scarier evil exists and has somehow hidden under the radar from most people including myself –until now. By sheer serendipity, I have recently discovered the tyranny of the seemingly innocent cuckoo bird after whom the famous cuckoo clock of our childhood cartoons is named. And trust me, there is nothing cute…
The concept of the multiverse is no strange concept to anyone in the Science Fiction space. With numerous directors and companies giving their take on this concept, this one movie absolutely gets it right. The title of this movie strangely gives a lot of the plot away, giving us a rather simple story spanning multiple universes. The movie aims to tackle one of the overwhelming questions thrown to us by life; what is the use of anything if nothing matters?…