Short Stories

“…They said Forex trading is 10% strategy and 90% emotional and psychological control. That was all we were hearing in the event of our misfortune which was never our fault. Other Forex traders started telling us their stories. They said they had to wait for one year, 2 years, 5 years before becoming profitable and […]

“…For two weeks, Chukwuma and I thought about our trajectory in life. If we should pick up another bar or hotel job, it would mean we had to resort to sharp practices again to earn something meaningful. The money we had wasn’t enough for us to start up a business. We had to find a

“…You know, when one is about to do something he knows that it is not good at all, he will start looking for quotes, proverbs and parables to justify his dishonest behavior. For Chukwuma and I, it was, “Na Condition make crayfish bend”. After all, according to Falz, “this is Nigeria, everybody be…” That’s how

“…It’s a known fact that most Nigerians are fantastically corrupt, starting from the president down to the wretched artisan at the market. Only very few exceptions. It has also remained a debate whether Nigerians are corrupt due to the situation they found themselves in or that they found themselves in this situation because they’re corrupt.

Working in Nigeria made me realize why life expectancy in Nigeria is pegged at 52 years following a 2020 study. That means, you are considered to have lived enough if you die at the age of 52 in Nigeria. For a country that pegs one’s full maturity into youthfulness at 25(the lowest age to contest

“…After the baptism of fire we received that day and the subsequent 2 weeks we spent inside the cell before our parents could meet up with the bail conditions, we resolved never to get ourselves involved in any kind of investment whatsoever. We finally came to terms with the fact that we were just fresh

“…The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC started having issues with our Ọga at the top. They froze his accounts, so payments started being delayed. From being delayed, it stopped completely. Oga at the top refused to tell us exactly what was going on. All we knew was that newspapers were saying that our own MBA

“…The joy of Ponzi Schemes in Nigeria is when you were amongst the earliest people to join. MBA Forex paid us really well and as we brought more people and increased our investment, we earned more. We wondered what we were doing with jobs in the first place when one can simply earn forever with

  “… The MMM December break wrecked a lot of lives, destroyed families and friendships and cast a shadow of hopelessness across the length and breath of the country. Aside football, MMM was the biggest thing that united Nigerians. All tribes and tongues fell for it, and paid each other in the scheme. The lives

“… Chukwuma moved from a hero to a villain in a twinkle of an eye. In the last week, everyone in the compound and even the streets were hailing and praising him for bringing financial freedom into their lives. Some even sold items to him for free. Everyone was saying “thank God for Chima, thank