Make vision counts: Be a partner for sight
Today, Thursday, October 12 is the 285th day of the year. It is a day specially designated by WHO and…
Learn secrets of nation-building from the ants
My daughter has a great aversion for ants. Why? They hardly move about singly and I believe she finds their…
Nothing really has changed in 5 years!
Dear Yomi, THANK God for the rains. The oppressive heat has been put to shame. I don’t have to worry…
I was blind but now I see!
I wasn’t born blind. At six years of age, I looked like any other child in the neighbourhood. I sat…
How a policeman’s slap saved me from blindness
“I am a lawyer. I am writing you this letter because I know you are a friend of Dr. Ben’s…
From apollo to gonorrhoea and now irreversible blindness
One Friday morning, several years ago, Donath, an artisan, woke up with a feeling of pricking and gritty sensation in…
A blind boy with great insight – the story of Austin Ayodele Akpeji
“Once upon a time, on August 27th, 1997, a little boy was born into the family of Mr. James and…
‘Soon, we shall have a house full of blind people’
Today is January 1, 2020, an important year the whole world has been looking forward to. It has been the…
An encounter with ‘Bill Gates’
About this time, a few years ago, I woke up in my hotel room in far away Chicago, feeling very…
Are you blind?
I was walking briskly on the narrow road to my school on a Monday morning when something funny caught my…
Light is more than just what makes you see
Three things sustain life and we can’t really do without them. They are summed up in the mnemonic (memory aid)…
I just hate these damned glasses!
She was 28 years old, pretty and polished. As she walked elegantly into the room, I observed she wore a…
Why you must use your medicines as prescribed
Chief Daruba would not use his medication including eye drops before a meal. I asked him the reason for this…
‘Trouble sleep, Yanga wake am’
As I sat in the auditorium listening with rapt attention to what the lady lecturer was saying, I couldn’t help…
‘Trouble sleep, Yanga wake am’
As I sat in the auditorium listening with rapt attention to what the lady lecturer was saying, I couldn’t help…
Do you see things you should see?
The preacher asked the audience, “What do you do with your eyes?” The young boy sitting by my side whispered…
The point of no return
“I simply laughed as I read the stuff you wrote about me in your diary recently. You don’t really understand…
The point of no return
“I simply laughed as I read the stuff you wrote about me in your diary recently. You don’t really understand…
Itching eyes in children: Causes and treatments
Seven-year-old Lara had been suffering from severe itching of the eyes for about four years. It seemed it was getting…
Smartphones and your eyes
If I were asked to name the most useful handheld device in every home in Nigeria today, I would say,…
