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FAGRO FLAYS: Warm Embrace with the Ghost of June 12
‘Sola Fagorusi Time is a falcon. It flies. And it does so swiftly. The gun sounds had become the norm and my parents had instructed that we lie down at the first sound. Soldiers were all over Lagos and people, especially young people, were on the street pelting them with ...Yes, I am Lucky
Michael Oluwafemi Taiwo, PhD Many people deride the role luck has played in their success. They even deny having any! Some are embarrassed by the idea that they are lucky and others are annoyed if an attempt is ever made to show how luck has factored into their achievement. The ...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 have been churned out by the motivational talkers and the frenzy continues to gain momentum. This is good, as everyone surely needs motivation. One of the most common ...Accounting @ UNIBEN or Finance @ UNILORIN?
Dear Jarus, I wish I had visited your blog about 5 months ago to seek advice about my situation then. I was given admission at the University of Benin(Accounting) and University of Ilorin (Finance). My friend’s Dad who is a fellow of ICAN (FCA) and a Certified IT auditor told ...The Constitutionality of GEJ’s Emergency Rule in 3 States (II)
Misbau ‘Mislaw’ Lateef For ease of reference and purpose of understanding, I have decided to start this concluding part of our last week’s discussion on the above subject with the following last paragraph of the first part published last week. Now, Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal ...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 bill that has turned every Tunde, Emeka and Haruna to oil industry expert. The analysis received both kudos and knocks – with more of the former. However, like ...Kperogi: The Man Who Redefined Grammar Column Writing in Nigeria
Grammar column writing did not start with him; in fact, this specialization is almost as old as newspaper column writing itself. But not a few people will agree that Professor Farooq Kperogi, Kwara-born, US-based Assistant Professor of Journalism and Citizen Media at Kennesaw State University, redefined that branch of columnism ...The Constitutionality of GEJ’s Emergency Rule in 3 States (I)
Misbau ‘Mislaw’ Lateef After what seemed an endless cluelessness on how to confront the Boko Haram insurgency in some parts of the Northern Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan eventually put an end to his pussyfooting, or so it seemed, by recently slamming an emergency rule on the apparently most-insurgent-ridden states of ...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 is passed by the National Assembly, it becomes an Act. No other bill has been more popular since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999 than the current ...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 as the client’s agent in the issuance of securities. An investment bank may also assist companies involved in mergers and acquisitions and provide ancillary services such as market ...Tints in Vehicle Glasses, You, Police and the Law (II)
Misbau ‘Mislaw’ Lateef In this concluding part of our discussion on the above subject, it is worth refreshing our memories, first and foremost, that we did note in our Part I of the discussion that the National Road Traffic Regulations of 1997 (“N.R.T.R 1997”) being gleefully cited and relied upon ...Young and Influential : United States’ most influential under-40
Hi Jarus, I saw your blog and noticed that you were interested in young success stories. I wanted to reach out to share an infographic my team is promoting on today’s youngest influential people because I thought it would be a nice visual follow-up for your readers. It would be ...Employment Gap on my CV?
CONCERN Dear Jarus, I have been an active user on Nairaland for a long time now and I can’t but notice and respect your posts and opinions on many issues from politics to career. I have decided to seek your counsel on matters as regards my career bordering on reason ...Letter to my Future Wife
‘Sola Fagorusi As it is now, I can submit that I have been graced beyond measures by a great family – one in which the principal thing (love) flows uninhibited. I was nursed in an atmosphere where the collective good remained the most important. My parents watched my back. ...I simply kept quiet whenever I wasn’t convinced of a presidential decision – Segun Adeniyi
Olusegun Adeniyi was the Special Adviser to late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua on Media and Communication and currently the Editorial Board Chairman of Thisday newspaper. In this interview with Suraj Oyewale, JARUSHUB editor, he reflects on his time as the image maker for the late president, his career as a ...FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY: Taking Achebe’s Challenge (ii)
Michael Oluwafemi Taiwo, PhD Last week we ended by talking about self-examination. Self-examination as a leadership tool will lead you to see gaps in your knowledge. This is where studying books comes in. Readers are leaders. Read widely, read deeply, read wisely. I cannot do justice to the role books ...Mike Adenuga: Salute to ‘the Guru’ at 60
Suraj Oyewale He has different monikers. ‘The Guru’ and ‘the Bull’ are two of them. The guru is one that has extraordinary thinking and problem-solving ability, the bull is one that executes aggressively – meaning he is a combination of brain and power! Welcoming you in front of his architectural ...Msc or MBA?
Hi Jarus, I have been following you on Nairaland for a while now and I’ve noticed how you are able to make insightful contributions to topics that relate to career and travel and as such I’ve decided to send you this e-mail to seek your opinion on a decision I ...Two Days at Nigeria’s Premier Teaching Hospital
‘Sola Fagorusi As a country, we are still far from it. We are eon years away from that point when to die would be hard! We are decades away from that age when Nigeria’s maternal health statistics would be the poster boy for other African nations. Recently, I spent the ...Taxation for Dummies (ii)
Suraj Oyewale The bulk of the revenue of the government of Nigeria comes from direct taxes. Direct taxes, like I explained in the first part of this series , are taxes on income. Income taxes can broadly be divided into personal taxes and corporation (corporate ) taxes. In Nigeria, the ...Two Can Play: A Tale of Government and Young People (ii)
‘Sola Fagorusi Several myths have been around in Nigeria for years. Given that young people are closer to their peers; these myths are the first kind of information about SRH young people get to hear. The myths and misperceptions about contraception combined with inaccessibility to supplies harshly abate prevention habits ...Have you checked your blood pressure lately?
Dr. Muhammad Shakir Balogun The World Health Organization (WHO) was founded in 1948. To celebrate this, the World Health Day is marked every 7th April with a specific theme. This year the theme is hypertension – or high blood pressure. The ultimate goal is to reduce heart attacks and strokes. ...FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY: Taking Achebe’s Challenge
Michael Oluwafemi Taiwo PhD Achebe divides opinion. He is either a traitor or a patriot depending on who you talk to. But that is what great men have in common: they are necessarily controversial. What is indisputable, however, is that for five decades his literary works paint a vivid – ...Beyond ‘Oga at the top’: How well do you know your organization?
The ‘oga at the top’ (OATT) national comedy that went viral in recent weeks once again affirms the towering place of Social Media in Nigeria. Story is told of how a second republic governor, in the full glare of viewers of national TV, listed Coca Cola and Fanta as mineral ...Sustaining the Culture of Impunity through Fund Raising Bazaar!
Misbau ‘Mislaw’ Lateef The contention in certain quarters that Nigeria is a failed state is, admittedly, debatable. What is not however debatable is that Nigeria is indeed a failing state. Noam Chomsky in his 2006 best seller book- Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy – ...HEALTHSCAPE: Universal Health Coverage – the right thing, the smart thing
Dr. Muhammad Shakir Balogun One cold evening in 2005 I was with my cousin in Grays, a quiet town in Essex County some 35 km east of London. Glued to the computer screen as I was wont to for several hours every day, I was utterly oblivious to my surroundings ...FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY: Setting the tone….
Michael Oluwafemi Taiwo, Ph.D I will start my first column on this blog with the words of Thomas Paine: These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by ...Can use of slang mar an interview?
Dictionary.com defines slang as a “very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language”. There is ordinarily nothing wrong in slang, as their usage eases tension and makes us get along well in informal discussions. The problem however is, ...Towards Raising a Tax-literate Generation
By Suraj Oyewale My first article to be published in a national daily appeared in the Punch edition of May 9, 2003. I just finished year one in the university and what was supposed to be a three month break stretched into almost a year as OAU’s internal crisis rolled ...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 ...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 ...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. ...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 ...
