It was a sunny evening in 2016 and I was strolling around the High Court premises at Ikeja as it was the close of the day’s work. I had been at the court since 9:00am in order to witness court proceedings as I was preparing for resumption as a third year law undergraduate. While strolling, I saw a man who called me and asked if I was a law school extern because I had witnessed a proceeding in his court earlier as the law school externs attached to his court concluded their training the week before. It was then I…
Author: Similoluwa Daramola
While growing up, I had weird thoughts on financial literacy which was sharpened by the realities I had to contend with as a young Nigerian. I had seen patent drug sellers hawk drugs at night without the requisite licence and I had grown to conceptualize my entrepreneurial ability of selling pastries by forging the necessary details in giving my purchasers confidence in terms of nutritional value and registration number from the National Food and Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC), perhaps I could make some quick cash since Nigerians paid little or no attention to details. All along, I never knew my…
