Solace Ojotule, a young Nigerian lady who had a tough childhood earned a masters degree after being awarded a Mastercard Scholarship to study in the UK.
Solace narrated how her father’s family abandoned her and her four sisters after his death, leaving them to go through very difficult times financially because her mother had no male child.
Her mother had a hard time putting them through primary school, and she couldn’t go to secondary school initially because of insufficient funds.
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“The girls were abandoned with their mother after all properties have been seized by paternal relations. Then the real struggle began for us as kids and for our mother who was now both the father and mother. All hopes went down the drain and it looked like there was no future for me. Life ended before it began in the real sense,” she wrote.
Nigerian Lady wins scholarship and graduates with a Master’s degree in UK
Thankfully, the free education offered by the goverment afforded her the opportunity to go to secondary school afterwhich she went to university and studied Theater Arts which was funded from hawking.
Solace Ojutale after applying for several scholarships finally won the Mastercard Scholarship to study at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and now has a Masters in Africa and International Development.
“This degree is not just for only me, it is for my Mum and all widows who have gone through thick and thin to give their children the best,” she said and expressed her thanks to Mastercard scholarship.
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How an Undergraduate Started a Scented Candle Business in Lagos
In other news, Nigeria is a land full of undiscovered talent. And in a world where it is difficult to get a good paying job, people are setting up Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to generate income.
Scented candle making is one of such business.
In this interview, Adedolapo Fasan, a 20 year old, 300 level Mass Communication student and owner of Oparline, a candle brand, shares her journey as a young entrepreneur.
