pryd:


OMG! Tochi, you were at Raymond Njoku yesterday.

Small world bro... Choi you for don hala me na

"I borrowed this bicycle from that boy over there, I was selling my market when I saw him and I begged him to allow me ride for some minutes. The last time I rode a bicycle was when I was still in the village and I missed it so much."

"The first few months after I opened my shop were really tough, finally actualizing my dream of owning my own business then start questioning my decision.
When I opened, I wasn't seeing any customer, regardless I'd still leave the house very early each morning and rush down to the shop as if I was expecting customers but none were coming.
I'll just kneel down and start praying to God to have his way, It was just God that kept me going and to His Glory, things changed. The first set of customers came and I did a good job with their hair and they started recommending me to their friends. Now I even get invited to other states to go and style peoples hair.My advise to fellow entrepreneurs is never giver up."

"I started this business in 2009, I was tired of staying idle at home so I just started looking for anything to do and get myself busy. I make them myself and sell for N6,500 N8,000 upwards, it depends on the one you want to buy.
Majority of my buyers are white people, they like this kind of thing. I'm really thankful for this business, I'm able to take care of my wife and kids from this."

"My tattoo is in Latin, it literary translates 'With God's favour always' I got it after an incident that happened in my life. I did something silly and just needed something to remind me about that.
The experience taught me so many things and made me take my religious life more serious."

"I lost my Job last year and after staying at home for months, I decided to start my barbing business with the little money I have on me, instead of waiting till I get enough money to rent a shop.
I learnt how to cut hair when I was still in secondary school and that knowledge is what is helping me feed my wife and kids now.
I opened 5 months ago and I hope to save enough and move to a shop in the near future."

Thanks to all the amazing people who have donated for Favour's surgery, we have raised $347 so far and still have a long way to go.
To donate, visit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/corrective-heart-surgery-for-favour-usadoh#/story. Thanks.

This campaign is to raise the remaining N500,000 needed for Favour Usadoh's heart surgery. We already have N1,500,000 which was the remaining money raised for late Vivian's surgery before she passed away.
The surgery will be carried out middle of September at Babcock University teaching hospital.

Hey guys, the good people of Airtel wants us to inform you about their awesome CSR initiative 'Airtel, Touching Lives' and how you can help nominate beneficiaries and put a smile on someone's face.

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amosamali:
Nice work Tochi!!

Suggestions:
Is it possible to write their exact locations just like HONY??
Nd I also noticed some of the pictures are in same area??

Nonetheless I love ur work!

Thanks bro.

"My mum is my biggest influence, she is the most caring and compassionate human being I know and I'm so happy I'm slowly picking that from her.
We are having a family time here, we do not always get to see each other often, for instance I school in England and all the others travel a lot too but we make sure to make out family time once everybody is around. Nothing makes me happier than been around my family, knowing that everyone is okay"

"Lagos is home to me, I was born in Lagoon hospital Apapa. Lagosians are the most hardworking set of people I've ever come across. What I miss most when I'm not in Lagos is the energy of the city.
I'm from France while my friend Fabio is from Italy, Lagos is just home."

Corrective heart surgery for Favour Usadoh; Favour Usadoh is a 15 months old child with a hole in the heart, she and her mum were friends with the late Vivian whom we raised money for her surgery on the page some months back. The money raised for Vivian’s surgery was unused before she passed away and after her passing, the donors and our followers decided that the money should be split between her family and saving another child with similar condition. The total money was 2 million naira after charges. N500, 000 was giving to the family and 1.5 million naira set aside for favour’s surgery. It was Vivian’s mum who nominated Favour and her family.

HOL and Favour’s parents were at the Cardiac and Renal Centre of Gbagada general hospital to meet the surgeon Dr Majekodunmi for an updated echo diagram on Favour. The good news is that the surgery can be performed here in Nigeria at Babcock university teaching hospital by Doctor Tosin Majekodunmi and his team. We initially thought the 1.5 million naira would be enough for her surgery since it is to be carried out here in Nigeria but on meeting with the Doctor, we were told the hospital charges a fixed price of 2.5 million naira. Dr Majekodunmi who has been following this case from Vivian intervened and told us to bring 2 million instead of 2.5 million naira.

The surgery will be carried out middle of September at Babcock teaching hospital, our goal now is to raise the remaining N500, 000. To donate please visit the Indiegogo link https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/corrective-heart-surgery-for-favour-usadoh/x/11897623#/story

Please share and tag your friends. Thank you.

"If I had one wish now, it would be to end Boko haram. At times, I wish I had the power to just go out there and defeat those bastards on my own, take them out one by one.
You've been the one doing all the asking, let me ask you one question. Can you die for Nigeria?
*HOL* scratches head and starts beating around the bush.
Just answer yes or no. You see, when you join the army, you sign away your life, so many good men and women have lost their life for this country and they are forgotten immediately.
I'm not afraid of death, it's what I signed up for. My fear is that when I die, my family will be abandoned."

"Some things would happen and my mum would immediately say 'if your father was alive, he would have...' It makes her remember him and she grieves again.
It makes me sad to see her like that and my plan is to keep working hard, provide and take care of her and my siblings so she won't have to say it again."

"I sacrificed going to University so I can be able to help train my younger ones, my late dad's dream was for all of us to go to school. When he died, things became tough so I had to learn this work and help my younger ones.
I still have plans to go back to school after they graduate, my greatest joy now, is that they are in school.
The only thing that makes me sad is that my dad won't be around to witness our best years, during my marriage ceremony, I had to use an Uncle to perform the father rites. It was supposed to be a joyous day, everybody was happy but I wasn't, I was crying because he was not there to rejoice with us."

"I'm reading Macmillan English Course Pupil's book 5, the stories help me relax."

HOL* Why do you wear masks?

"I don't want sun to spoil my face".

SunshineNYC:
I follow on Instagram. Absolutely love your page and all the inspiring stories. Keep up the amazing work.

Thanks Sunshine

"I didn't want to stay idle during the holidays so I told my mum that I want to sell something and save money.
She is so happy that I'm doing this and she will buy me books and a new bag when school resumes, she also said she will buy me an android phone."

FrancisTony:

I don't believe this story going by his outfit/dress.

Lol maybe you would have believed if I had found him around the posh areas of Lagos, in a suit, polished black shoes, bow tie and a big geeky glass, the type that has ropes that hung in your neck and makes people smile at you and assume you are the next Einstein even tho you are an iti akwu lol.
Lol but to be honest me I fold arm dey look am that day sha but his mum collaborated his story but they were in a hurry to catch a waiting keke so I did not have enough time to find out more about him.

pryd:
Hi Tochi, it's so refreshing to know you're still going on strong.
I salute your courage, I admire you resilience.
You're an inspiration, keep up the great work! Chukwu gozie gi.

Thanks bro.

MarvellousGod:
Ride on boy

By 20, he for don hold Phd
But he should have a glimpse of what he wants to be in the future by now..

I think it's a good thing he is not been pressured into something right now, it's best he takes his time. What he needs now is a mentor and probably a change of school.

deegnity22:


I'm not a man o biko, I'm a lady. You want to turn me to Caitlyn Jenner, lol. You are welcome though.

Chai adim sorry o lol

"I finished primary school when I was 6 years old, I'm 10 now and I will enter SS1 when school resumes next month.
*HOL* how old were you when you entered primary school?
I was 3 but I was promoted many times.
*HOL* what do you want to be when you grow up?
I don't know yet."

Pukka36:
Hmmm,I just pray His Uncle eventually changes and also,I hope He'll be wise enough to contact U and reach out for help if He doesn't.
More grace Mr Tochiphotos,God bless U!

I hope so too... He said I can always find him around that place in the evening so I'll keep checking on him from time to time.

FrancisTony:
I have been viewing this thread, liking and sharing every posts.

I must say nice job, Tochi.

Thanks Tony.

deegnity22:


Hi Tochi, I'm an ardent follower of this thread, I must say you are a real inspiration. I'd just like to point out that I saw this particular image on the etisalat lagosphoto competition. My first thought was that the person stole the picture from HOL (or did you know about it), I'd just like to confirm if it's so. If it is, I think you should start putting your watermark on your images to avoid such. Thanks

Thanks a lot bro. About this picture, there is a slight mix up somewhere. I tried to upload this picture to the people category of the competition but got an error message that my entry was not successful so I just forgot about the whole thing. Maybe it went through and they mixed it up with someone's or the reason mine failed to go through was because this person already used the same image.
Will send them an Email asap and let them know about this.
Thanks once again bro, I really appreciate that you took your time to notify me about this. Feels good to know that we always look out for our own.

salsera:


Please Tochi say this was you. Or else it means them don dey thief your foto oh.
Mba
Please report and watermark your images everywhere. I mean everywhere!!

Lol thanks Sis... I'm still trying to understand what happened. I think it was a slight mix up.

Yesterday we shared the story of a boy who suffers physical abuse from his Uncle.
After his story was shared, many NGOs and individuals reached out and wanted to help him.
Today I went back to the place we met and was lucky to run into him, but again, he refused to accept our help, he still wants to stay with his Uncle.
He does not want anything that will take him back to the village and he is afraid if people intervene, it would only lead to his Uncle sending him back and he does not want to go back. I tried to make him understand he doesn't have to go back to the village and there are people willing to help him all the way but he still insisted.
He told me about other boys his Uncle brought to Lagos and even tho they suffered when they were with him, they've become rich now and that's what he wants. He believes his Uncle will change and he will just have to endure. I gave him my number and contacts of people to reach out to incase things get out of hand or he changes his mind. Wish there was more we can do.

ChubbyRomeo:
bro i will like to join you in the streets,,, how do i contact you?

Thehumansoflagos@gmaildotcom

"My uncle flogged me with hose yesterday because I mistakenly collected a fake N1000, he said he will keep flogging me every night till I replace the money.
He also flogged me last week with the same hose because I did not return in time from an errand he sent me, that's where I got these marks on my body from.
He brought me from the village September last year and he told my parents he will send me to school when I get to Lagos, but the last time I asked him about it, he said he doesn't have money for that yet."

*HOL replaced the fake naira note and offered to follow him home and talk to his uncle but he said no, he was afraid it would lead to more punishment after.

Mubarak1:


Wow! Great job TochiPhotos I'm a silent follow
keep the great job moving dude, Pls can u
recommend for me a Digital Camera for my own
personal use? And the price with some features
pls. Thanks!

You are good to go with a Canon 600d(t3i) the kit 18-55mm lens will be enough to serve your needs but I will recommend you get a fast prime lens. If you still have money left, buy the 50mm f1.8 lens, it's good in low light, very sharp and fast.

Aspireahead:
please, Tochiphotos do answer the question about camera recommendation... i am planning on going into nature photography(odd right?) and will love some suggestions and advice. gracias

Get Nikon D610 or canon 5d mark ii. They are both full frame but I personally think you should go with D610 it has more features than mark ii and it's less expensive. 5d mark ii just has that name and the only advantage it has is manual aperture control when shooting videos. For the lens, buy a wide angle lens from 16-35mm will fine and then get the 70-200mm f2.8 or 55-200mm f5.6. The wide angle for taking beautiful landscapes and the zoom for close ups.

Mubarak1
Aspireahead
I'm so sorry for my late reply, wanted to go to Okey Japan in Idumota and Shoprite to compare the prices then include it in my reply but I've not had time to do so. You guys can easily get the price online from konga or Jumia. Instead of listing the features, I recommend you guys make out time and go to Nikon office in Ikeja or Okey Japan in Idumota they will let you guys test shoot and compare the cameras. You can also order from Ebay or Dubizzle it's cheaper that way... check out justi4jesu 's thread on buying from Dubai and USA.

"I was sent to a normal public school instead of a school for the deaf, I wasn't learning anything so I stopped going.
My parents told me to go to Lagos and make money. I've been here for a while now, I carry load for people in the market and I'm saving my money."

"As a child, I trained Rams for the annual Ram fights during Ileya and I was good at taking care of them so years later I moved into the more profitable Cow rearing business.
I've been doing this for close to 20 years.
Cows are quiet and easily obey commands but when they get jealous which they do easily, they become very aggressive and might fight each other to death. The last time they fought it was because one finished its food before the other and after staring at the other cow in anger for a long time, she attacked her."

Pukka36:
Wow,God bless Ur business Ma'am.

I hope to build a bigger house for my mum one day also


Keep up the good works Mr Tochiphotos.

Amen to that

"I built a 4 bedroom flat for my mum through my corn proceeds. I lost my father when I was young and even tho he was not there to guide and advise me, I knew where I came from and I did not need anyone to sit me down before I did the right thing.
I've been doing this business since my teenage years, I'm also a caterer and a fashion designer but once it's corn season, I leave it and face corn. It hasn't been easy tho, I have to back my baby while standing and I only go home to see my husband on weekends. Nobody that knows me will believe I sell corn here.

"I'm on scholarship from the kaduna state Govt. I'm studying Marine Management and I'm in Lagos on assignment to study the Sea.
I'm enjoying the whole experience and opportunity to gain more knowledge but I'm seeing so many graduates without jobs and some doing the kind of work I thought people that went to school are not supposed to do and it scares me."