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The Truth about Self-Employment
By Edwin Ekene Uhara Self employment is a concept which has the potential of reducing the burgeoning unemployment rate in the country. ...FOCUS ON COURSE: Economics
Welcome to the first edition of FOCUS THIS WEEK on Jarushub. Like I mentioned in the post that introduced this new initiative, ...Investing in our Careers
INVESTMENT TALK WITH EMMA Emmanuel Ewumi A career is the job or series of jobs a person has until retirement. Careers are ...FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY: Enhancing Serendipity: First Principle of Increasing Your Luck in Life
Michael Oluwafemi Taiwo, Ph.D In the introduction to this series, I gave out some “homework” I called the first lesson in Luck ...JARUS ON SUNDAY: Tax Enforcement – Knowledge, not Aggression
Suraj Oyewale After decades of slumber and parasitic reliance on allocation from the centre, state governments in Nigeria are gradually waking up ...Common Interview Questions and Answer Tips
Like I mentioned in my article, Reflections on Graduate Unemployment in Nigeria (BusinessDay, November 12, 2012), two of the greatest hurdles Nigerian ...Oil & Gas: Ghana – A Curse Foretold?
| As I read the headlines, my mind raced to an article I wrote last year on my return from a tax ...FEMI TAIWO @ 30: Lessons in Selflessness (iii)
By Suraj Oyewale Part 1: FEMI TAIWO @ 30: Lessons in Selflessness (i) Part 2: FEMI TAIWO @ 30: Lessons in Selflessness ...FEMI TAIWO @ 30: Lessons in Selflessness (ii)
By Suraj Oyewale Continued from: Part 1 GCE 1999 AS A TURNING POINT Again, Femi was instrumental to my newfound confidence and ...FEMI TAIWO @ 30: Lessons in Selflessness (i)
Suraj ‘Jarus’ Oyewale INTRODUCTION One writer, his name I can’t remember, identified five people that are critical to a man’s success. One ...FEMI TAIWO @ 30: Top 30 Forces That Shaped My Life in 30 Years (i)
Michael Oluwafemi Taiwo, Ph.D On Saturday, July 27, 2013, I will be 30 years. It is a good time for me to ...Office Politics: Inevitable?
American political scientist, Harold Lasswell (1902-1978) most likely had the macro-society in mind when he famously summarised politics as who gets what, ...5 Routes to Rapid Career Rise
In my articles, Excuse me, Mr. Self-Employment Advocate! and Age and the Nigerian Entrepreneur, I mentioned that not everyone is cut out ...4 Myths About ICAN
Coming from a family of chartered accountants , I think I heard about the examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of ...So you want to become a lawyer in Nigeria? (ii)
Misbau ‘Mislaw’ Lateef After a course of study at the Nigeria Law School, the student who passes the final – Bar Part ...So, you want to become a lawyer in Nigeria? (i)
Misbau ‘Mislaw’ Lateef After a very brief lull in this Column, owing to my involuntary response to call of the weather; today, ...What are the goals of a presidential library?
By Kunle Oyewole, A library is a collection of information resources made available to a people with the objective of enlightenment educationally, ...Cancer: The world awaits a cure (ii)
By Olatunji Lateef My prayers for a quick, less painful, very effective solution to cancer may not be farfetched as I just ...Cancer: The world awaits a cure (i)
By Olatunji Lateef Despite human advancements in various fields of study, we have not been able to find the cure for cancer, ...Excuse Me, Mr. Self-Employment Advocate!
The last decade has witnessed a surge in all manner of motivational talk in Nigeria. Hundreds of seminars and thousands of articles ...PIB – A Contrarian’s Fury
Last week on this platform I did an analysis of the current version of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) – that contentious ...Impact of Engineering in Nigeria’s Drive Towards Development
By Austine Archibong Unlike the proverbial snail that leaves no trail, the sole contribution of the engineering discipline to the economy of ...Nigeria must get real about its oil
By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu London, United Kingdom mohd.aminu@gmail.com The ultimate goal of every benign government, especially of countries so categorised as ‘developing’, ...BEYOND THE JARGON – PIB FOR DUMMIES
By Suraj “Jarus” Oyewale May 2013 A bill is a draft of a proposed law that is still undergoing legislative scrutiny. When it ...Atedo Peterside: Father of Investment Banking in Nigeria
An investment bank, says Wikipedia, is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations, and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting ...Age and the Nigerian Entrepreneur
Recently, a friend and university classmate of mine surprised me. I contacted him for something and he told me he had resigned ...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 ...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 ...
