Akinbode's BLOG on Faith, Politics, Science, Engineering, Education and Health

Communism died, and capitalism survived. Capitalism is a supposed system that allows freeness in an economy - market forces in the hands of private owners control what happens to the economy with minimal influence by the state. Capitalism has produced enormous wealth in the West. There are so many millionaires and billionaires. The question is, what is the ratio of the stupendously rich and those who are just scraping by - living from pay check-to-pay check? The gap is huge between the rich and the poor in most capitalist states. When President Trump was going to deliver his tax reform, it favored the rich with about 80% of the tax benefits going to the top 1% richest people in America. The argument was that they create jobs, they should benefit more - money is being given to those who really do not need the extra cash but those who need it the most, aids is been taken away from people who are at the bottom of the ladder because of a few who lie on their social welfare claims. I h...

In the 1960s, Nigeria was an important location for medical tourism. The Saudis and other Africans use to come to Nigeria for medical care. Today, the reverse is the case. Then, the state of some of Nigeria's regional hospitals like University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan was comparable to what you find in the West. The hospitals were well equipped, the doctors and other hospital personnel were well trained so much they rub shoulders with their peers abroad. What do you find in the last 30 years, most of these hospitals are shadows of themselves because of lack of funding to support the infrastructures, training, and resources to replace old systems? Many times, important surgeries will be going on and power supply will fail, many have lost their lives and confidence is eroded in the system. Nothing has been done to improve patient care and experience. At UCH Ibadan, they still use a physical file system where patient medical records are still in paper files that often lead to...

The 21st century warfare may not be a physical war - there are multiple pieces of evidence of that today - the cyber warfare is currently raging and countries with an edge are using it to disarm governments across the world without shooting a bomb. Another is what this pandemic is doing to our world. Rumor has it that it was a deliberate effort by another power to tilt the arm of financial power that has been with the West since after the second world war, to their side.   Countries with foresight will not be wasting their money building a physical army that has not helped us with coronavirus if indeed it was started as warfare. They will be spending tons of money to curtail any cyber onslaught and to arrest future pandemic because this will not be the last one.    All the military effort to take command under the oceans, seas, land, sky, and space are all waste with coronavirus, a single virus that has wiped out wealth that took decades to amass. The West st...

As of yesterday, March 24, Brent Crude - class of petroleum abundant in Nigeria, sold for $25/barrel. Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum said it costs the nation about $15 to drill and ship a barrel of crude oil. What this implies is that Nigeria's revenue is just about $10/barrel today at the current $25/barrel price. Often revenue from crude oil sold today will be not be cashed until about a month or two. What this is saying is that the revenue the Federal government of Nigeria is spending today was from petroleum sold around January to February 2020, when crude oil sold for between $50 and $60 per barrel. About 65% of Nigeria's revenue comes from petroleum - the remainder comes from taxes and tariffs at our border. The latter is seriously diminished in the wake of covid-19. The 2020 budget in Nigeria was based on $57/barrel. What this implies is that revenue from petroleum will reduce by about 76% by the beginning of May 2020, government across ever...

I am directing this message to my folks in Nigeria and the rest of Africa, that you should all take the necessary precautionary steps - add WORK to your faith in the wake of CORONA-VIRUS (covid-19) Pandemic. There is no need for PANIC even though it is a reality that is staring all of us in the face and we need to take all the steps necessary to be safe. I am not saying you should not use your faith but also use your common sense. The Chinese and Italian experiences should make any smart person listen to professional advice. I have seen all kinds of videos of people binding and commanding coronavirus from entering Nigeria - it is in Nigeria already. Some are prescribing special prayer solutions - praying over saltwater five times and saying certain scriptures into the water as if one is saying an incantation. The virus spreads through contact, and you must take steps that will prevent yourself and members of your families from being infected. People who are immunocompromised ...

Nigerians abroad have debunked the notion of the inferiority of African mental acumen. They have conquered in every facet of life they have been given a chance and they continue to defy every stereotype. For centuries, Africans have been touted as people with small brains, incapable of assimulating complex endeavors and primitive. African leaders who were installed as puppets by the colonial masters have not helped the situation, they have siphoned the wealth of the continent with the connivance of their western collaborators. The continent and its people have become beggars before the western nations who have turned them to projects they use to conjure money from among themselves in the name of charity where as much as 70 - 80% of the money raised for African charity goes into overhead. They show images of hungry kids crying to move people to donate, and when you appear in their country, they look at you with pity in light of poor children they see on television who is seeking a ha...

Even though most medical practitioners and fertility professionals claim there is nothing one can do to guarantee having a male child, however, there is a simple technique that can be tried by the parents seeking a male child. We tried it and it worked for us. The process of having a baby is when a man and woman come together in a physical union called mating or coitus. The male organ-penis goes into the female vagina, and at the climax, the male releases millions of cells (sperm) in a fluid called semen, into the female vagina. These sperm cells now travel through the vagina and cervix into the uterus or Fallopian tubes for fertilization of the female egg also referred to as ovum. Out of the several millions of sperm released (as many as 600 million sometimes), often, only one succeeds in fertilizing the egg at conception. This is what grows into a baby. How do you ensure it is the male sperm that fertilizes the ovum? 1. Work with the female ovulation cycle Couples who m...