Ikechukwu Ogbonna’s childhood dream was to become a businessman but as fate would have it, he had to walk another career path. He learned a trade instead. Today he is an electrical engineer, who confesses that what he makes is…
My plan was to be an accountant -Olugbade Ojerinde
Olugbade Ojerinde’s childhood desire was to become an accountant. Now he repairs all kinds of phones. What really happened to truncate this dream. Find out this and more in the video.
I sell electrical parts -Ifechukwu Eze
Ifechukwu Eze is a businessman whose childhood desire was to grow up and become an accountant but he could not resist the call of business. In fact, he studied accounting at the University of Lagos and even that was not…
I make N5k a week -Olagunju Olamide, female barber
Female barbers are scarce. So when you run into an Olagunju Olamide, who cuts hair for men, you can’t help but take note. Olamide, who says her desire is to become a computer scientist, disclosed that she makes N5000 a…
I came to Lagos after secondary school – Umar Faruk
Umar Faruk could not wait to leave northern Nigeria and come to Lagos after he completed secondary school. He wanted in on the hustle but he seems to have settled for a N5000 a week job of being a roasted…
Lagos Hustle by Muhammed Idris
Muhammed Idris is a security guard who also sells provision from a kiosk. He however says that he has no bank account in spite of his two jobs. He explains why in the video.
Lagos hustle by Ayishat Adebayo
To be young, daring and industrious, that is the story of Ayishat Adebayo, who trudges the streets of Lagos selling medicinal potions called agbo and returns to her building material business in Ibadan now and again. Watch her tell her…
Lagos hustle by Choice Edafe
Choice Edafe’s real desire is to make clothes but since she came over from the Niger Delta, she has been in the food vendor business just so she can raise capital. It has been a few months and she seems…
Lagos hustle by Usman Muhammed
Usman Muhammed is a truck pusher who seems to be making a killing but you will never know. His scraps business, which he came all the way from Sokoto to do in Lagos he says is bringing him quite a…
Ibrahim Hassan: In Lagos for the hustle
Ibrahim Hassan sells shoes. Before that he used to sell bags when he was little and started out as a trader. Now a family man but ends don’t seem to meet for him. It’s a hand to mouth affair for…