When Acumen Fellow, Molade Adeniyi, moved back to Nigeria over a decade ago, one reality stood out amongst others; she couldn’t ignore how her classmates from high...
Damilare Dosunmu‘s essay for TechCabal stirred up a conversation on Twitter about how toxic many workplaces are in Nigeria. With the hashtag #HorribleBosses, people are calling...
Back in the day, way before social media became as pervasive as it is today, many people were warned against showing off wealth, pregnancy, relationships or...
In a newly-released report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the country’s unemployment rate increased from 27.1 percent in the second quarter of 2020, to...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Friday, August 14, released its unemployment methodology review after almost two years since its last release. The report titled ‘Labor...
Every successful freelancer or independent worker eventually gets to the point where they have learned and discussed enough with bosses, that they become ready to build...
In Nigeria, the necessary infrastructure needed to facilitate job applications are either broken down or completely non-existent. The job applicant who doesn’t have ₦2000 to load...
The Igbos have long since developed their own home grown system of entrepreneurship. This unique form of apprenticeship “Imu Olu” allows a male family or community...
Thousands of young Nigerians are unemployed. After the grandeur of graduation ceremonies, the bachelors and masters degrees, and the troublesome NYSC, nothing turns out as expected....
Five years ago, Akin-Jide Ojo, then 23, completed his tertiary education at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, in Oyo State Nigeria. He proceeded to...
When you passed out from the National youth service corps, you came back home with mixed feelings. You knew you had automatically joined the labour market....
This month started on a good note. Normally, it starts with series of good will messages and calls from family and friends. However, it was quite...
The Federal Government on Sunday said that 1.2 million Nigerians would be given soft loans at two or three per cent interest rate as part of...
I won’t lie; I was disappointed to learn that the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation plans to employ 1,000 University graduates as bus conductors. Considering the...
Dear Corper I salute you. I hail thee. I doff my cap in respect to you. I congratulate you for choosing to serve your fatherland gallantly...
The Federal Government has created 1.4 million jobs in the past three years in a bid to address unemployment in the country, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister...
Every time someone says ‘East or West, Home is Best’, it is with sadness in our heart that we echo those words. It is with a...
We all know that look… you know that one… where you fall asleep in a public place, and then you wake up suddenly to check if...
With the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria causing hardship for many, any promise of job offers on a large scale often attracts attention from a...
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