I’m making noise ke? Just wait
Just cover your ears fast fast
Hey, Workie!
Your degree is not “just” anything.
With Arsenal losing the UEFA final fresh in my mind, I’ve been thinking about how quickly a win gets buried under whatever comes next. They just ended a 22-year Premier League drought — genuinely historic — and somehow that’s already been reduced to a footnote because they didn’t complete the double.
Sound familiar?
I’ve been thinking about how deeply irritating it is that no accomplishment is ever just allowed to exist around African parents. You finish something hard — genuinely hard — and before you can even sit with it, someone has already found the comparison, the caveat, the “but when.”
“Your cousin graduated the same time and he’s already at Deloitte.” “So what is this one even useful for?”
There is a very particular skill Nigerian parents have: taking a genuine win and immediately pivoting to the next problem. It’s not entirely malice. Some of it is anxiety dressed in a wrapper of love. But what it does to you — standing there holding your result, your certificate, your first offer letter — is make you feel like you are perpetually one step behind a finish line that keeps moving.
Here’s what nobody tells you: the goalpost was never yours to begin with.
You are allowed to feel proud without needing someone to co-sign it. You are allowed to be a fresh graduate who is figuring it out, who doesn’t have a LinkedIn update every month, who is building something that doesn’t look like what your parents expected — and still be doing well.
The job market is a horror show, yes. The economy is real. None of that means you are behind. It means you are navigating something genuinely hard, and you deserve credit for still showing up.
You did the thing. Don’t let anyone average it out for you.
Jobs Of The Week
Graduate Trainee at Ardova PLC
IT Support Intern at Norrenberger Financial Group
Accounts Intern (NYSC) at AllFlavors Supreme Foods
Pharmacist Intern at Chevron
Graduate Trainee at Access Bank
Brand, Design & Corporate Comms Officer (Intern) at Matrix Energy Group
Marketing and Sales Intern at Brooke Addison Group
Data Entry Officer at SKLD integrated Services LLC
P.S. If the job link redirects you to an email, attach your CV and cover letter, and make the job title the subject of the email. Goodluck!
DON’T KILL YOURSELF
Things to help you unwind this weekend:
Watch This: 20 people confront one Tinubu supporter
Listen To This: Michelle Obama and Steven Spielberg talk about reaching for greatness
Chow Here: Love amala? Then why aren’t you sitting in Abula Tawa right now?
Chill Here: The cheapest beach in Lagos (you don’t need any boat either)
MEME OF THE WEEK
LEVEL UP SQUARE
Four little tricks to upgrade your life:
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How to answer the dreaded “you don’t have all the experience” question
This is probably the most annoying interview question, but here’s how to answer it
OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK
2026 Asian Institute of Technology Scholarship For International Students | Fully Funded
Flinders University RTP Scholarship 2026 in Australia | Fully Funded
Dalian University of Technology President Scholarships in China 2026 | Fully Funded
Federal Ministry of Education (FME) Diaspora Bridge Program 2026