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Eagles survive Kenyan scare
In what looked they were primed by the humiliating reception they reportedly received from the Nigerian football administrators, the Harambee Stars of Kenya caused an upset by holding African champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria, to a one all draw in Calabar today. Nigerians were even lucky to have gotten ...Match Preview: Nigeria vs Kenya
The Super Eagles of Nigeria take on their counterparts from Kenya this afternoon at the U.J. Esuene stadium, Calabar, South-South Nigeria. The match, which is the third of the matches in their world cup qualifiers group, starts 16:00 hours Nigerian time. Nigeria, which had appeared in four world cup fiestas in the ...FEMI TAIWO, SOLA FAGORUSI WRITE FOR JARUSHUB
As Jarushub continues to position itself to be the leading career and political blog in Nigeria, we have brought on board two of Nigeria’s most gifted youths, Michael Femi Taiwo and Sola Fagorusi, as columnists. Michael writes bi-weekly under the caption FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY, while Sola, under the column ...Okey Ndibe Mourns Achebe
As tributes continue to pour in for the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, ace columnist, Okey Ndibe, has described the author of world acclaimed novels as irreplaceable. Speaking from his United States base to African Independent Television (AIT), Ndibe, in an emotion laden voice, described the loss as a sad ...ACHEBE: LIFE AND TIMES OF A LITERARY AVATAR
BIRTH AND EDUCATION Professor Chinua Achebe was born on November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Anambra state of Nigeria. He had his secondary education at the famous Government College, Umuahia, in current day Abia state, before proceeding to the University of Ibadan as one of its first set of students in ...Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe dies
News reaching Jarushub has it that renowned novelist and author of Africa’s most read literary work, Things Fall Apart, Professor Chinua Achebe, is dead. The Anambra-born professor died yesternight in a hospital in Boston Massachusetts in United States. Tributes have continued to pour in for the fallen literary giant who ...5 COMMON MISTAKES NIGERIAN JOB SEEKERS MAKE
1, STARTING LATE: Only very few people go to school without the intention of finding job after graduation. Probably the children of the nouveau rich, for whom jobs are already waiting. Or those that want to go into things that don’t require finding job – like music. Fact is, more ...Round-up Nigeria: Thursday, March 21, 2013 – Treatment of Kenyan football contingent condemnable
The treatment given to the Kenyan football contingent that arrived Nigeria during the week ahead of the Saturday clash between the two countries’ national teams, is condemnable. From past records, Nigeria is not known to be hostile to other teams that come into the country for matches, even though same ...YOUNG AND SUCCESSFUL : From toilet cleaner to oil company CEO, the story of ...
Left, right and center, everywhere you turn (Total?), you see their filling stations. But I’m almost sure you don’t know the man that manages the over 600 stations of Oando is 34 years old! That is not even the most surprising, just a little over 10 years ago, he was ...Nigerians, Kenyans in twitter war
In a manner remniscent of the Nigeria-Ghana ‘Thank God I am not a Nigerian’ war, some Nigerian twitter-warriors are currently strutting it out with their Kenyan counterparts on twitter. This is ahead of the World Cup qualifying match between the two countries slated for Calabar on Saturday. With Nigerians gathering ...What is the best way to tackle the scourge that Boko Haram is?
The agents of death continue to become brazen in their attack. How do you think this problem can be resolved? Your comments are automatically published.His unpalatable online shopping experience with Jumia
“I ordered and paid for a tablet from Jumia for (N26,923) on the 11th March. I only paid after calling them to confirm the availability and was told it was available, I went on to pay online. To my shock they called me three days later to inform me that ...Round-up Nigeria: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 – Self-employment rhetoric is real
One of the most challenging socio-economic problems bedeviling our country is unemployment. Year after year, hundreds of thousands of graduates are being churned out from our tertiary institutions. The austerity that the economy has been going through in the last few years has meant that there are little job openings ...THE ROLE OF NETWORKING IN JOB HUNTING
Have you ever wondered why alumni of some institutions have formidable bodies which cause members religiously commit their resources to? The main goals are social and economic. But there is the career aspect too. This is one of the major ways networking can be useful in job hunting and movement. ...Round-up Nigeria: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 – On auto-crashes on our highways
The spate of road accidents in Nigeria is worrisome. From township roads to intercity highways, the nation continues to lose lives and limbs to these auto-crashes. Citizens always blame government for bad roads. That is understandable. But the problem is, accidents even tend to occur more on good roads. This ...4 Injured as commercial vehicle somersaults on Lekki-Ajah expressway
A commercial bus with registration number LSD 570 XA was involved in a lone accident at about 7:50 hours this morning at Megachicken area of the Lekki expressway. The Ajah-bound bus left Lekki roundabout bus park with full passengers. The vehicle, according to eyewitnesses, was on top speed when the ...Round-up Nigeria: Monday, March 18, 2013 – Boko Haram again !
What could have been a quiet day in this nation ended yet again on a sad note as bombs planted by the usual suspects went off in the heart of the commercial city of Kano. This incident puts sour tastes in our mouths. The siege on the country by these ...BOMB BLAST KILLS 11 IN LUXURY BUS PARK IN KANO
Information reaching Jarushub has it that at least 11 persons might be dead already as bomb blast hit Kano luxury bus park this evening. Bomb is now becoming banger. May God protect us in this country. Our hearts are with the victims and their families.CREATIVITY OR ‘WERETIVITY’: 5000 ‘OGA-AT-THE-TOP’ T-SHIRTS ALREADY SOLD!
News reaching EARSOFNAIJA, the tatafo joint of Jarushub, has it that over 5000 copies of ‘Oga at the top’ T-shirts have been sold since the OATT drama went spiral. Hmmnnn, someone is making cool cash from the situation. But hey, is the cash truly cool? Making money from someone else’ ...PIUS ADESANMI TALKS TO JARUSHUB
Witty columnist and one of Nigeria’s brightest public intellectuals of this generation, Professor Pius Adesanmi, is our guest tomorrow on Jarushub interview platform. He discusses his career as a teacher and writer, the newly launched ‘Kick Out Siddon Look 2015’, among other issues. It’s exclusive to Jarushub….Nigeria’s blog on the ...Top 10 Secrets of First Class Students
I prepared this based on my personal experience, experience of people I know, and experience of juniors I mentored to making it. 1, NATURAL BRILLIANCE: There is a minimum level of natural brilliance that is required before a student can think of First Class. I do not intend to put ...YOUNG & SUCCESSFUL – The inspiring story of AKEEM OYEWALE, Chartered Accountant at 20, Bank ...
THE STORY OF MR AKEEM OYEWALE He has one of the fastest career rise in Nigeria’s financial services industry. This is not a case of a father handling his firm to a young son to run. His father never owned the company he worked for. He joined the firm, ...Jarushub…….Nigeria’s blog on the block!
Dear Visitor, I welcome you to Jarushub, the next big thing in Nigeria’s blogging space. Our mission is to be the online go-to for happenings in Nigeria or about Nigerians. Our team is made up of highly intelligent and analytical minds, that leverage years of experience contributing valuably to other ...
