Isqil Najim
Isqil Najim: 10 Reasons You Should Not Pursue an Engineering Career
Engineering career is said to be for the best and brightest and rightly so. But for every article celebrating the profession, there is a missing conversation: the honest one...
Isqil Najim
Why Does Nigeria Celebrate High JAMB Scorers but Sideline Them as Professionals?
Nigeria has an annual ritual of celebrating JAMB's highest scorers. But behind this open celebration is an uncomfortable...
Education and Career
ViewPoint: Why Lowering Teachers’ Entry Standards Cannot Save Nigerian Education — and What Can
By Isqil NajimThe Federal Ministry of Education recently announced that candidates seeking admission into Colleges of Education will...
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ViewPoint: Engineering Registration Between Those Who Build and Those Who Teach
By Isqil Najim
Engineering is practice: from the roads on which our mobility of goods and people from one...
Isqil Najim
Re- The Graveyard of Donated Equipment: The Problem Is Engineering, Not Economics
By Isqil NajimDr. Isaac Akinsika’s recent piece in The Health Ledger is awelcome dissection of a problem that...
How young professionals can land a seat at leadership table
By Isqil NajimIn his piece, kendell Power narrated a story of Alfredo Giron-Nava. According to him, "Alfredo Giron-Nava didn’t spot many peers at the...
Can an HND holder apply for NSE, COREN?
By Isqil NajimThe question I have been asked most from Higher National Diploma (HND) holders: "Can an HND certificate be used to apply for...
ViewPoint: Professionalism: what COREN can learn from Body of Benchers
by Isqil NajimProfessional regulatory bodies play a crucial role in maintaining standards and ethics within their respective fields. One of their primary responsibilities is...
Nigerian Engineers in eyes of history as Dream of First Female President becomes Reality
By Isqil NajimToday, January 20 2024, The federal Capital Territory, Abuja receives visitors from around the country and Africa; all of whom came with...
Conference and professional gatherings: why many won’t attend and why some don’t come back
Every year, various professional bodies organise Annual (inter)National conferences. In this piece, Isqil Najim exposes some of the reasons some people stops attending professional...
Getting Nigeria right: Between NSE Political Engagement and the fortune of Engineers
by Isqil NajimIn few days time, the largest gathering of Nigerian engineers will converge on the federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The international Conference is...