This 37-year-old’s adman's first job paid him ₦2,500/month. 19 years later, he’s earning ₦1.5m/month. One thing that changed as he earned more was his attitude towards being his family's highest earner. He’s gone from being at odds with his black tax responsibility to taking it in strides. Now his sights are set on earning ₦5m/month to make the lifestyle upgrades he wants.

The economy is touching everything.

In February 2023, this 25-year-old UI/UX designer had three jobs. A month later, she lost two of them. She’s currently unemployed, but runs a thrift business and YouTube channel. She hopes to add cocoa farming to that list one day.

From impersonation to gambling, the 35-year-old in this story has done several unconventional things for money. He’s an academic researcher now, but it’s not his final bus stop. His next goal is to earn in dollars, and he believes content creation is his best route to achieving this dream. This is his #NairaLife.

When the 25-year-old content specialist in this #NairaLife started her professional career at 19, earning $1,200/week, she thought it’d only get better. She was wrong. Two years later, new immigration laws forced her to return to Nigeria and take up a ₦50k/month job. Her income has grown since then, but she still regrets some of her earlier financial decisions.

Abroad is sweet, and japa is the ultimate goal, but have you considered the sweetness of earning dollars in Tinubu’s Nigeria? Just some weeks ago, naira was 1000 to a dollar. God, abeg.

For almost 20 years, this 35-year-old construction manager’s sole focus was making money, legally or illegally. But a health scare and the birth of his children have changed his priorities. Now, he’s a proud stay-at-home dad, doing what works best for his family — even if it means not working.

Financial independence is a big deal for the 26-year-old front-end engineer in this #NairaLife. Despite receiving a ₦5m inheritance from his late dad in 2018, he left most of it untouched, determined to make it on his own. He has gone from having zero negotiation skills to earning $2,500/month, and has amassed ₦28.5m in savings in two years by living below his means. But even with his success, he has a lingering fear: poverty.

For the 32-year-old partnership manager in this #Nairalife, the key to financial growth isn’t saving but making oneself a channel through which money flows. He’s grown his earnings by almost 3000% in a decade, and now, he wants $5m/month.

Bolatito* (25) talks about gaining admission into a Canadian uni in April. Her aunt who initially promised to sponsor her education went back on her words and even turned it into a fight unless Bolatito* studies nursing instead of the MBA she was offered.