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  • The Horror Story Of Nigerian Students Who Are Studying A Course They Didn’t Want

    The Horror Story Of Nigerian Students Who Are Studying A Course They Didn’t Want

    It hurts when you set your mind on something and don’t get it — and this is the reality for a lot of Nigerian students who didn’t get the course they wanted to study. If you went through this, you will definitely relate to this:

    1. You, filling out your JAMB form confident that you will get your preferred course

    My childhood dream is about to come true.

    2. When you write UTME and Post-UTME and you beat the university and department cut off marks

    You people are not ready!

    3. But you receive your admission letter and find out that the university is offering you another course

    Wait, what? But I wanted Law

    4. You, wondering how you will tell your friends that you didn’t get the course you were so sure was yours

    How did this even happen?

    5. When you realise that you have two options: accept the offer or wait another year at home

    What’ all this nonsense?

    7. But you can’t bear the thought of spending another year with your parents

    Hell no!


    8. And most of your friends are already in school

    I can’t carry last

    9. So, you accept the offer with plans to get a great CGPA so you can switch departments at the end of your first year

    All I have to do is read, get a 5.0 CGPA and get out of here.

    10. But you started writing tests and getting grades that could ruin your self-esteem

    Ha! What’s happening. How can I get 17/100?

    11. Then you realise that the course is not that bad and you’re beginning to like the department

    Oh, you devil, I cast and bind you.

    12. It’s now the end of the session and you’ve decided that switching to another department is not worth the stress

    This is where I belong, biko.

    13. You, when someone asks you why you’re still in the department

    But what’s your own?

    Toheeb Lanlehin

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  • “I Wrote JAMB again after NYSC”

    “I Wrote JAMB again after NYSC”

    “I cannot remember when I decided it was medicine or nothing else. I got admission to study medicine at the University of Benin twice but Uniben was not accredited so I couldn’t study it. Losing that admission twice before I finally settled for Biochemistry didn’t deter me from my goal.”

    “The stress, pains and disappointment that came with Biochemistry didn’t deter me from my goal either. When I was done and I said I wanted to go back to school, I had little or no support. Frankly, I don’t know why I kept on pushing but I’m glad I did.”

    “I wrote UTME twice after NYSC and four times in a total. Today, I don’t have just my Medicine degree but the support of my family and friends as well as some really good grades. Some days it’s hard, especially when your secondary school mates keep on sending you their Wedding IVs and your present university classmates are not even as old as your youngest sister.”

    “But then I remember this has always been what I wanted and the inner peace I get doing this. I truly believe this is my calling. All that makes up for whatever sadness or momentary depression I may find myself in from time to time.”

    • Anon. University of Medical Sciences, Ondo State.

    Segun Akande

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  • “School lasts four years, after that you can do whatever you want…”

    “School lasts four years, after that you can do whatever you want…”

    “I lost my dad in 2002, it’s been hard for me since then. I struggled to make it into school and now my motto is simple: “School lasts 4 years, after that, you can do what you want.”

    “That’s why I’m super focused. I’m trying my best to graduate with the best grade I can. Another thing that drives me is my hatred for ignorance. I read everything, on every topic. I don’t care if it’s not related to what I’m studying, I’ll read it. Because I hate being left out of conversations and I believe knowledge is key to solving every problem.”

    “So people might not understand why I’m so ‘serious’ but I have so much to prove and I hope I do.”

    • Bassey, University of Lagos.

    Segun Akande

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  • “What If This Thing Doesn’t Pay Off?”

    “What If This Thing Doesn’t Pay Off?”

    “I’m a Medical student with a focus on Dental surgery. I’m also obsessed with programming and deep learning; self-taught. My classmates are always like, “why are you wasting your time being a medical student,” but they don’t get it. They don’t get it because we don’t do a lot of intersectional sciences here.

    I’m especially interested in Cyber Medicine, Oncology, and figuring out ways to get healthcare to the most remote places without moving doctors.

    I’m going to be done with school this year but to be honest, I’m still scared of what’s coming next. There are companies already showing interest in hiring me to come work with them.

    But sometimes I still ask myself questions like, what if all these companies disappear when I leave school? What if this whole learning to become a programmer doesn’t pay off and I should have just focused on becoming a Dentist?”

    – Stephen, University of Benin

    Fu’ad Lawal

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  • “I’m Left Handed. And I Had To Apologise For It”

    “Most people don’t know but in my first few months, I was in Chemistry before I moved to Agriculture. We had to do our faculty and departmental registration by hand at the time.”

    “So there were about a thousand students in the Physics Lab fixing to do their registration for the Faculty of Science and move on with their lives. After waiting a day and coming back the next day as early as I could, it was finally my turn.”

    “See, I’m left-handed, so I handed my file over but she wouldn’t take it. She shouted, ordering me to go to the end of the line. How dare I present something to her with my left hand? Do I have elders at home?”

    “I had to wait for about 20 people to go first, then I apologised properly before she considered answering me. It was frustrating” – Adebayo. Obafemi Awolowo University.”

    • Adebayo. Obafemi Awolowo University.

    Segun Akande

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