How Béninoise cartels exploit Nigerians’ love for pineapple
Innocent Okwudinka is by no means poor, having made good money selling babies’ and ladies’ wears imported from Indonesia. He used to travel to...
India’s kidney market lures with cheap wealth
Nigerian youths are scrambling for blood money through the sale of their kidney in Indian hospitals.
A report by Global Financial Integrity says about 7,000...
Dismembered micro buses is new business rave
Importation of Daihatsu Hijet, a micro bus and pickup truck produced by Daihatsu of Japan, is the new rave for some Nigerian businessmen.
The vehicles...
Mortuary business is no longer a man’s business, says Ogunsola
The funeral business, traditionally done by men, is changing as women make forays into it. In this interview with TERH AGBEDEH and TEMITOPE DAVID-ADEBOYE,...
Hawkers cash in on Boko Haram slaughter videos
Even though everyone is appalled by the bestialities of Boko Haram terrorists, some Nigerians are making a huge amount of money selling DVDs of...
Abdullahi redefines business at University of Suya
Umaru Abdullahi had no idea 20 years ago when his father brought him to Lagos that he would turn his old man’s business into...
Trade in second hand books spins success narratives
Good fortune is buried beneath a dunghill, so it is said. Also, a man never strikes a breakthrough until he discovers his destiny.
Damian Nwosu...
Puff-puff, akara sellers make fortunes from hungry populace
A mansion which a Lagos roadside fast food vendor built in Agbara, Ogun State, tells the story of the fortune and the fulfillment in...
Widow dusts men on chaotic tricycle taxi turf
• Women must work to free men from poverty, she says
This, certainly, is a lesson in thriving in chaos. For men and women lost...
