Empowering Students, Shaping Futures
Tunde had never really thought about money until the day he ran out of it completely. He was a 200-level Business Administration student at the University of Lagos — which, if you think about it, makes the story even more painful. A student studying Business Administration, in a faculty that teaches financial management and organisational … Read more
For three weeks after the results came out, Ifeanyi told his mother everything was fine. He was a 300-level Economics student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and he had failed three courses — ECO 301, ECO 305, and STA 301 — two of them core courses that his department required for graduation. He had … Read more
1. Introduction: The Student Who Almost Missed His Chance Wisdom was a 300-level Mechanical Engineering student at Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi. When his department announced that SIWES registration was opening, he assumed — like many of his coursemates — that the school would simply “place” him somewhere, the way primary and secondary schools sometimes … Read more
1. Introduction: The Chapter That Felt Like a Foreign Language Ifeoma was a 400-level student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Calabar. She had sailed through Chapter One — her background of study, statement of the problem, and significance of the study had all been approved with minor corrections. Chapter Two, the … Read more
1. Introduction: The Day the Results Came Out Kelechi had been checking the JAMB portal every hour since 7am. He was sitting in the living room of his family’s home in Owerri, his younger siblings watching TV behind him, his mother in the kitchen pretending not to be as anxious as he was. When the … Read more
1. Introduction: The Graduate Who Showed Up Unprepared Taiwo had been waiting for his NYSC call-up letter for three months after graduating from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology with a degree in Food Technology. When the letter finally arrived, he had exactly five days to report to the orientation camp in Kebbi State. He had … Read more
1. Introduction: The Graduate Who Almost Got It Wrong Chisom graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka with a Second Class Upper in Business Administration. She had worked hard for four years, written her final year project, completed her NYSC in Kogi State, and was now ready to enter the Nigerian job market. She sat … Read more
1. Introduction: The Student Who Stopped Struggling Alone Tunde was a 300-level Economics student at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. For three years, his study routine had been the same — read the textbook, struggle through concepts alone, stare at blank pages when he needed to start an assignment, and spend hours searching the internet for … Read more
1. Introduction: The Email That Sent a Final Year Student Into Panic Adaora had spent eleven months working on her final year project. She was a 400-level student in the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Lagos. Her topic was solid, her research was thorough, and her supervisor had been satisfied with her … Read more
1. Introduction: The Question That Keeps Students Up At Night Emmanuel was a 300-level Engineering student at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. He had two carryovers — Fluid Mechanics from 200 level and Engineering Mathematics III from his first semester. Both were notoriously difficult courses that had consumed many students before him. One evening, … Read more