A few weeks ago The Lagos Hustle came across a school hidden deep in the slums of Ilaje, Bariga, Lagos called The Bright Achievers School. The school which is free for all was the idea of Mr. Sulaimon & Mr. Oshoala. According to the founders, the idea for the school was birthed out of the…

I started this business a few years ago after my secondary school and although it has grown a lot since then, it has not been easy. Reminiscing about the early days of my business takes me back to the days I will open and close my shop without making a kobo. To days when customers…

I looked for the fifteenth time at my wristwatch and 10:34pm stared back at me accusingly. We were just approaching Haruna junction along Ikorodu road, creeping like a wounded tortoise. The Lady beside me on the BRT bus grimaced…I ignored her. A huge truck had fallen somewhere around Owode- Onirin and caused a ‘critical’ traffic….

“Being a butcher isn’t really what I aspired to be growing up. While in secondary school, I was in the social-science class and my ambition then was to become a newscaster. However, fate has something else in store for me. Sponsoring my three older brothers through university made my parents broke. So when it was…

People call me “Alhaji”, but my name is Ibrahim Yakubu. I am from Kebbi state and I’m 57 years old. For more than twenty years I have been collecting and selling scrap metals. I started the business in Osogbo and after some years moved to Akure, then Bayelsa and then to Oyo town. I did…

My name is Yerima (also known as Musa) and I’m from Borno State. I don’t know my real age because during the time I was born back where I’m from, date of births weren’t recorded. My first time in Lagos was back in 2008 shortly after my dad died. Prior to his death I used…

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