by Femi Malik
Starting what seems like an endless journey with couples of friends and little known strangers in November 2009, I had envisaged that it would be an uneventful quest for knowledge at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism Ogba.
As I stood beside the glimmering swimming pool of Excellence Hotel, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos, and the venue of a brief get – together for my colleagues and course mates after 14 months of stress and self – deprivation, I could see through their facial expressions and actions that all these have come to a glorious ending.
Until this evening, there had been jostling for seats, class and grumbling from being overwhelmed with assignments but tonight, all that were gone. It was a night of merriment and recognition.
Going through a three semester post graduate diploma programme at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism was not a tea party for mothers and fathers but tonight, we are all heaving a sigh of relief.
Enjoy a photograph tour of the party.
