Indigenous rapper, Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru, aka Reminisce has said he regrets not being a graduate. Ina recent interview with Punch, the rapper said anyone who wants to make a career in music must be skilled. He said, “For anybody who wants to make a career out of music, you have to be sure that you are... Read More

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June 3, 2017

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Two Chibok girls graduate from US high school

Two of the kidnapped Chibok girls who escaped from Boko Haram terrorists have graduated from a high school in Washington DC, US. The girls, simply identified as Debbie and Grace were one of the 57 girls who escaped when the terrorists kidnapped 276 girls in Chibok in April 2014. International Director of Education Must Continue... Read More

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March 27, 2017

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BREAKING: Dino Melaye graduated with a 3rd class | ABU VC tells Senate

The Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Ibrahim Garba has said Senator Dino Melaye graduated from the institution. He said this when he appeared before the Senate ethics committee on Monday. He said, “Yes. From records, Dino formerly known as Daniel Jonah Melaye graduated from ABU. BA Geography.” He said Melaye graduated as Daniel Jonah Melaye.... Read More

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March 22, 2017

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Certificate scandal: ‘Dino Melaye to file N5bn libel suit against Sahara Reporters’

by Dolapo Adelana Senator Dino Melaye is set to file a N5 billion libel suit against an online media platform, Sahara Reporters, Vanguard reports. Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District is lodging the suit over what he termed alleged defamation of character, wrongful accusation, among other charges. According to his media office, the suit will... Read More

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March 22, 2017

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‘Dino Melaye only attended a one-week seminar, not an alumnus – Harvard University’

by Dolapo Adelana Ivy league school Harvard University on Tuesday dismissed a claim by Senator Dino Melaye that he was once a student of the institution, according to online news medium Sahara Reporters. According to the news medium, the claim was dismissed as false by the Registrar’s Office after an official did some cross-checking. The... Read More

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July 27, 2016

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FG to kick off first graduate farmers scheme on Thursday

The Federal Government will on Thursday flag off its first Graduate Farmers’ Scheme. The scheme is focused on providing food and jobs for Nigerians. This is contained in a statement released by the Director for Information and Public Relations in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Margaret E. Umoh. The statement said, in its determination to... Read More

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May 26, 2016

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Missing NYSC member from Bayelsa found dead

National Youth Service Corps member, Ifiemi Igali posted to Lagos has been found dead three days after he went missing in Bayelsa State. The 22-year-old set out to collect his result from his school in Delta State, on Thursday from Yenegoa. Worry settled upon the family and they suspected foul when they couldn’t reach him. Their fears were confirmed... Read More

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May 23, 2016

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A young woman in Lekki and a young woman in Port Harcourt went to the streets to look for jobs – one has a PhD

With the level of unemployment growing each day, young Nigerians are taking matters into their own hands, literally, and searching for jobs in the most innovative way, especially this young lady. If you’ve seen this photo of this brave young woman and want to help, here’s part of her CV. Pls DM so I email... Read More

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September 2, 2015

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Graduate, four others nabbed with cocaine in Lagos airport

Four suspects including a 28-year-old university graduate of Economics, Nonso Akubueze, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for alleged drug trafficking. The four men were nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with 11.5 kilogrammes of cocaine substances valued at N57m which they had smuggled in from Brazil. Akubueze, who was found with 1.1kg... Read More

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August 3, 2015

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What happens till you get that mystery job?

I still am largely an undergraduate. This means like many others every decision I have made is to groom me for “Tomorrow”. This tomorrow I have been told is a place of uncertainty, a place where everything is possible, a place with the spindly legs of an infant, thus a place that totters from volatility... Read More

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July 30, 2015

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Dear Mr. President, JAMB is a failure that must be resolved or dissolved

Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, With great pleasure and immense honour, my esteemed gratitude goes to almighty Allah who gives us the opportunity to witness the first democratic transfer of power from a party to another, following a peaceful poll in good faith and harmony. We prayed tirelessly for this moment to come; so as to... Read More

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July 22, 2015

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Unilag graduate rapes sickle cell woman in Lekki

A man named Imonitie Ilen-Otuma has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping a 27-year-old sickle cell woman in the Lekki area of Lagos. A report said the man had earlier been arrested in May for raping a colleague, and had been freed when the victim’s family agreed to withdraw the case. In the... Read More

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June 22, 2015

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Graduate found dead after recovering from mental problem

A 28-year-old graduate’s body identified simply as Kehinde, was found in a well in Ketu. According to reports by PUNCH the victim had been declared missing before his bloated body was found in an abandoned well in their house on Friday. Apparently, Kehinde had a strange mental illness for about five years and was always indoors but was said... Read More

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January 8, 2014

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Move over Omotola! This woman’s butt has (far) more followers on Instagram (LOOK)

by Tutu Akinlabi An avid gym goer has become the “queen bee of butts on Instagram” as she has gathered millions of followers from posting photos of her backside. 20-year old Jen Selter now has 1.3 million followers among which is pop star Rihanna. Selter started posting pictures of her shapely bottom on Instagram in... Read More

November 17, 2013

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Dear unemployed graduate, SURE-P has some money for you…

by Chi Ibe The federal government’s Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) is in the news again – and, thankfully this time, it is not about missing monies. SURE-P has now budgeted N15 billion to pay allowances of unemployed graduates participating in its Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS). according to the GIS head who said this... Read More

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October 27, 2013

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Tragedy: DELSU graduate killed by suspected cultists

by ‘Jola Sotubo Tragedy befell a recent graduate of the Delta State University, Abraka, when she was allegedly struck down in her prime by assailants suspected to be cultists. Radah Emuobosan Elise Agbaje had just collected her result from the university and was showing it off to her family members when she met an unfortunate... Read More

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September 5, 2013

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What a man can do…: Female graduate leads 7-man robbery gang (PICTURED)

by Oge Okonkwo The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has apprehended a seven-man robbery gang spearheaded by a woman, Chioma Ezekwesiri, in Lagos, south-west, Nigeria. The suspects, 41-year-old Amadi Igwe, 24-year-old Raymond Chukwuka, 27-year-old Ignatius Okeredi, 52-year-old Michael Madu, 52, and 28-year-old Okechukwu Jerome, and Chioma were arrested while trying to rob Bolatito Hotel, located at Kola bus stop,in Ijaiye... Read More

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August 21, 2013

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Meet the woman who sleeps 59 DAYS straight due to rare ‘Sleeping Beauty’ disorder (PHOTOS)

A young woman suffers with an incredibly rare disorder that causes her to sleep continuously for days and sometimes months on end. Last year Imaarl Duprey, 23, slept almost continuously for 59 days and behaved as if she was a small child during the episode. The graduate suffers from Kleine Levin Syndrome (KLS) – dubbed Sleeping Beauty... Read More

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August 15, 2013

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Opinion: The electricity revolution is here

by Emmanuel Onwubiko Even the most hardened opponent of this government will agree that NERC has started a radical revolution that is unprecedented in the political annals of this country. The DISCOs were further warned that failure to comply with the 14-day ultimatum … Miss. Asabe Abdulsalami (not real names) is a 26 year old... Read More

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July 31, 2013

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DISTURBING VIDEO: How vigilante group lynched DELSU graduate and friend in Badagry (Viewer Discretion)

by Oge Okonkwo In an incident eerily reminiscent of the Aluu Community killing in Rivers state where four students of the University of Port Harcourt were gruesomely murdered in cold blood, suspected members of vigilante group, Nigeria Police attached to Badagry Police Division have been accused of killing 25-year-old Ifechukwude Gabriel Nwainokpor, a graduate of Geology and... Read More

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March 27, 2013

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Seyi Olukoya: It’s a bird; it’s a planet; no…it’s another graduate! (30 Days, 30 Voices)

I thought once I moved back, getting a high paying job will be easy. “Afterall, I am an international graduate! Surely I must be better than the rest”, I thought. However, it seemed like a lot of Nigerians believed they were the best too. Pulse racing, heart pumping, adrenaline in overdrive as I... Read More

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November 7, 2012

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The story of Olawunmi Thorpe: ‘PHD holder, bank manager’ who lived and died in a rubbish dump

To passersby and residentsnear Fagba Bus Stop in Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos State, Olawunmi Thorpe was a deranged man who died homeless in the rubbish dump. However, reports following his demise revealed that Thorpe had a Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Mass Communication and a PhD in English Language. It was at about 5pm Wednesday last week when Larry... Read More

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November 2, 2012

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#InCaseYouMissedIt: 13, 000 apply for Dangote truck driving jobs including PhD, MBA holders

by Rachel Ogbu The Dangote Group resently disclosed that PhD and MBA Holders were among over 13,000 applicants who applied for the recent Graduate Executive Truck Driver vacancy. Aliko Dangote who just made the top 20 on Bloomberg 200 World’s richest list revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a World Bank Youth Forum. He... Read More

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October 7, 2012

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Opinion: My degree is better than yours

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Many Nigerian students want to school abroad, but their return can cause tensions in the workplace. My friend’s niece has been sulking and shedding tears. She does not want to attend university in Nigeria. Government officials here send their children abroad to school. Families that can afford it also do the... Read More

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October 5, 2012

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I want to be a journalist, but I can’t afford to work for free

by Libby Page The industry tells us: “We would love to pay you, but we don’t have the money. It is not feasible to pay interns.” “I want to be a journalist, but I can’t afford to work for free.” A simple sentence, but it has taken me four years to find the words and confidence... Read More

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August 8, 2012

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Opinion: Dangote’s ‘Graduate Driver Academy’ is an insult

by Lagos Hunter “If you argue that Dangote’s ‘Graduate Driver Academy’ isn’t an insult to the years you spent at the university, then you deserve to be a driver” The tweet above dragged me into an extended debate with a couple of folks who thought that I was being senseless. Their arguments? “After all, Dangote... Read More

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Two Chibok girls graduate from US high school

BREAKING: Dino Melaye graduated with a 3rd class | ABU VC tells Senate

Certificate scandal: ‘Dino Melaye to file N5bn libel suit against Sahara Reporters’

‘Dino Melaye only attended a one-week seminar, not an alumnus – Harvard University’

FG to kick off first graduate farmers scheme on Thursday

Missing NYSC member from Bayelsa found dead

A young woman in Lekki and a young woman in Port Harcourt went to the streets to look for jobs – one has a PhD

Graduate, four others nabbed with cocaine in Lagos airport

What happens till you get that mystery job?

Dear Mr. President, JAMB is a failure that must be resolved or dissolved

Unilag graduate rapes sickle cell woman in Lekki

Graduate found dead after recovering from mental problem

Move over Omotola! This woman’s butt has (far) more followers on Instagram (LOOK)

Dear unemployed graduate, SURE-P has some money for you…

Tragedy: DELSU graduate killed by suspected cultists

What a man can do…: Female graduate leads 7-man robbery gang (PICTURED)

Meet the woman who sleeps 59 DAYS straight due to rare ‘Sleeping Beauty’ disorder (PHOTOS)

Opinion: The electricity revolution is here

DISTURBING VIDEO: How vigilante group lynched DELSU graduate and friend in Badagry (Viewer Discretion)

Seyi Olukoya: It’s a bird; it’s a planet; no…it’s another graduate! (30 Days, 30 Voices)

The story of Olawunmi Thorpe: ‘PHD holder, bank manager’ who lived and died in a rubbish dump

#InCaseYouMissedIt: 13, 000 apply for Dangote truck driving jobs including PhD, MBA holders

Opinion: My degree is better than yours

I want to be a journalist, but I can’t afford to work for free

Opinion: Dangote’s ‘Graduate Driver Academy’ is an insult

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