Nigeria, April 10 -- When the announcement of an extraordinary award was made to honour Dr Osmund Agbo, it fell on a unique personality, Professor Bridget Teboh of the University of Massachusetts, to receive it on his behalf. The Thabo Mbeki Award for Public Service and Scholarship is awarded to an African who has distinguished him/herself in the public or private sector. The recipient of the award must be of high calibre, with an unblemished record of service. The awardee must be committed to the project of African transformation. The 2026 winner is Mr Osmund Agbo, who combines the voices of science, storytelling, and the society at large.

Agbo's name rings a bell in discussions centred around Nigerian physician-writers, whose clinical ...