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Five Nigerian Secondary schools that allow students to operate mini businesses as part of their curriculum
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In Nigeria a growing number of schools have adopted mini enterprise programs that require students to design products or services manage budgets market to real customers and reinvest profits.
These initiatives foster teamwork financial literacy and creative problem solving while generating small revenues that support school projects or charities.
Below are 5 standout institutions where student led ventures move beyond classroom theory into genuine marketplace operations setting graduates on a path to business success.
1. Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja
Each term, students form teams that research market needs, write detailed business plans and launch ventures such as handcrafted soap labels or small event-planning services.
They procure supplies, manage production, establish brand identities and sell through pop-up campus stalls as well as online channels. Faculty advisors lead sessions on cost calculation, bookkeeping and customer relations.
Profits fund outreach initiatives, reinforcing both civic responsibility and business know-how.
2. Greensprings School, Lagos
Under the Young Entrepreneurs Programme, students operate cooperatives focused on projects ranging from organic produce farming to custom T-shirt design.
A campus makerspace equipped with 3D printers and sewing machines enables rapid prototyping. Participants validate demand at public fairs and via social-media campaigns.
Professional workshops cover trademark registration, supply-chain logistics and online marketing strategies. A capstone pitch event invites business leaders who award grants and incubation opportunities.
3. Dowen College, Lagos
The BizTech Club integrates enterprise roles into the timetable by assigning students to positions such as chief executive, finance director or marketing lead.
Past ventures have included coding tutorials for primary-school pupils and a healthy-snack café on campus. Live performance dashboards display revenue, costs and customer feedback in real time, teaching data-driven decision making.
Field trips to tech hubs and talks by startup founders connect these student enterprises to Nigeria’s wider innovation ecosystem.
4. American International School, Abuja
In the Enterprise Challenge, cross-grade teams design scalable services, such as virtual peer-tutoring networks, sustainable cleaning cooperatives or mobile-device repair units, over a full academic term.
Senior students mentor juniors, and all participants submit funding proposals to an alumni investment panel. Successful teams receive revolving seed capital, dedicated workspace and official after-school-club status, ensuring continuity.
The programme builds leadership skills and establishes ventures that operate year after year.
5. British International School, Lagos
The Young Innovators Hub supports ventures spanning eco-friendly fashion (upcycling local textiles) to sensor-based waste-collection solutions.
Students attend weekend intensives on e-commerce development, customer segmentation and rapid-iteration techniques.
Collaboration with local SMEs provides real-world client briefs, enabling learners to deliver commissioned work and build professional portfolios.
Annual showcases connect student teams with investors, grant programmes and accelerator partners, accelerating the transition from a student side project to a full-fledged startup.
Embedding genuine enterprise activities in these curricula gives students experience testing ideas managing operations and learning from outcomes in a guided setting.
The initiative cultivates resilience creativity and fiscal discipline essential for success in Nigeria’s entrepreneurial landscape.
Troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE, OPEP, in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, have arrested a suspected kidnapper linked to the abduction of a resident in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
This was contained in a statement posted on X by the Nigerian Army.
The post identified the suspect as Buba Ali, 30, adding that he was arrested at about 12:45 pm on Sunday, August 9, at Binawa village in Kauru Local Government Area.
According to post, the suspect was arrested during a joint operation conducted by troops of Sector 7 OPEP and members of the CJTF.
It said the suspect was reportedly linked to the kidnapping of Alhaji Tasi, who was abducted in the village.
“Following his arrest, Ali was taken into custody and is currently being interrogated by security personnel.
“The ongoing investigation is focused on obtaining information that could lead to the identification and arrest of other members of the suspected kidnapping gang,” the Army said.
Nigerian ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has rejected claims by an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Yahaya Jingir, that Nigeria is a Muslim country.
In a viral video, Sheikh Jingir, who was preaching to Muslims at an event, said “if you don’t want to accept a Muslim-Muslim ticket, you should leave Nigeria because it belongs to us”.
The comment has continued to generate backlash online as Christians rejected the claim.
Reacting, Fani-kayode in a statement posted on his official X handle on Sunday night, said the cleric’s remark is unhelpful and untrue.
“Worse of all is the fact that it is highly provocative,” the former aviation minister said.
“Kindly take note that it is a very slippery and dangerous slope to take and is best avoided. Nigeria is NOT a Muslim country and neither is she a Christian country.
“She is a SECULAR and MULTI-RELIGIOUS state comprising BOTH Christians and Muslims in equal numbers and that is our strength,” FFK added.
He further stated that President Bola Tinubu’s Muslim/Muslim ticket for 2027 is gaining acceptance “only because of the calibre, ability, sincerity of purpose, character, utility and electoral strength of our Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and their ability to deliver and not because they are Muslims”.
“One day we may have a Christian/Christian ticket too because with God all things are possible,” he added.
The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the release of the state Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Moyowa Adejoorin, who was arrested in connection with a shooting incident at an All Progressives Congress, APC, rally in Ilesa.
The incident occurred on Saturday and reportedly left four people injured, including a teenager identified as Tobi Ilesanmi.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, said Adejoorin was taken into custody after police officers arrived at the scene, secured the area and began collecting evidence.
According to Ojelabi, the commissioner’s vehicle was stopped at the location, where an Amotekun operative allegedly linked to the shooting was also found.
“Immediately the incident was reported, our personnel moved to the scene and cordoned off the area before some exhibits were recovered, which included expended cartridges and Amotekun personnel caps.
“Also, Mr Adejoorin was arrested at the scene and taken to the command for questioning as part of the investigation process,” Ojelabi said.
The development came amid heightened attention to the incident after a video circulated on social media on Sunday showing Adejoorin leaving the police command.
Confirming the development, Ojelabi told Vanguard that the commissioner had been released on bail but said he was still awaiting clarification on the status of the Amotekun operative who was arrested alongside him.
“It is true that the commissioner has been released on bail today, but I am yet to clear the situation with the Amotekun personnel arrested with him,” he said.
Police investigations into the circumstances surrounding the shooting are ongoing.
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