I sat in my parents’ living room in Surulere for 45 minutes one Sunday afternoon in 2023, rehearsing the words in my head while my mum served jollof rice and my dad watched Channels TV. I had been working as an electrical engineer with a federal agency for three years, installing and inspecting power systems … Read more
You walk into the conference room. The seats are filled with your manager, two senior colleagues, the head of department, and someone from another team who has been in the industry longer than you have been working. Everyone is older. Everyone seems certain of something. You pull out your chair, open your notepad, and quietly … Read more
I got the email on a Tuesday afternoon. A client in the UK, someone I had been writing for over four months, told me she was ending our contract. Her reason was not the quality of my work. She said: “I sometimes struggle to understand your updates and am not always sure what you are … Read more
Forty-seven. That is the number of cold pitches I sent before I got my first reply as a freelancer. Forty-seven messages to business owners on Instagram and WhatsApp. All ignored. Not a single “no thanks.” Not even a “who is this?” Just silence. I was sitting at my desk in Yaba, Lagos, staring at my … Read more
My first social media management client paid me ₦50,000 per month. I remember the exact moment I saw the OPay notification come in because I screamed so loud my neighbour knocked on my wall thinking something was wrong. Nothing was wrong. Everything was finally going right. That was September 2025. I was a broke freelancer … Read more
Finding cheap office space for rent in Abuja with annual fees ranging from ₦1.5 million to ₦2 million requires knowing exactly where to look and understanding the current market dynamics. During my property search across Garki and Jabi in January 2026, I visited 12 office spaces and spoke with 8 agents. The most consistent finding … Read more
My roommate Kemi graduated with a first-class degree in Economics last 2021. She applied to over fifty jobs in three months. Nothing. Meanwhile, her coursemate Adaora, who graduated with a 2:1 but had spent two years learning graphic design and data analysis, landed a remote job paying ₦450,000 monthly before their graduation ceremony. The difference … Read more
My friend Chiamaka quit her bank job in January 2025. Everyone thought she had lost her mind. She left a “stable” position paying ₦180,000 monthly to manage Instagram accounts from her bedroom. By December, she was earning over ₦450,000 monthly managing social media for four clients. No office politics. No Lagos traffic. No dress code. … Read more
Your ₦77,000 NYSC allowance is not designed to cover everything. It sounds decent on paper until you subtract transport to your PPA, feeding, electricity bills, data subscriptions, and those inevitable “contribution” requests from fellow corpers. By the second week of every month, most corps members are counting down to the next alert. My friend Chisom … Read more
You do not need capital to start a business on WhatsApp. I know this sounds like another empty promise you have heard a hundred times, but let me explain why this one is different. When I started my first WhatsApp business two years ago, I had exactly ₦0 to invest. No inventory, no website, no … Read more