I’ve been watching some videos on TikTok for nearly two hours, reading through hundreds of comments from young guys who’ve been through EFCC hell and back. Stories that make your chest tight. Stories that sound too familiar.
One guy lost two cars, spent months in detention, legal bills, spent money getting sureties, and bail for his release. By the time he was finally released, he was already homeless with millions in debt. Barely two weeks into his release, his girlfriend cheated on him, and that caused even further instability to his already miserable life. Another stayed 56 days, lost 4.9 million naira and three phones, parents didn’t even know where he was.
The pattern is always the same. Once the EFCC finally convicts you, they take everything and leave you with nothing, forcing you to find a way to rebuild everything from zero.
But here’s what really got to me. After sharing their pain, after crying about losing everything, most of these comments end the same way. “I’m back to doing it again.” “I’m more dangerous than before.” “Had to double up to recover what they took.”
It’s like watching someone burn their hand on a stove, scream in agony, then immediately reach for the same burner again. I understand though. When you’ve tasted that kind of money, when you’ve felt what it’s like to send 500k to your mom without thinking twice, when you’ve experienced that rush of seeing millions hit your account, going back to normal feels impossible. The legitimate 50k salary looks like pocket change. The 9-to-5 feels like slow death. So you go back. Because what else can you do? You’ve got debts to pay, steeze to maintain, family depending on you. The same intelligence that got you the money in the first place starts working overtime to figure out how to be smarter, more careful this time. Use someone else’s account. Don’t buy property in your name. Smash your phone if they come knocking.
But that’s just playing defense in a game where the house always wins eventually.
I’ve been watching this cycle destroy brilliant minds for years now. Guys who could build empires, create generational wealth, change their entire family tree – throwing it all away chasing money that disappears faster than it comes.
The crazy part is, the same skills that make you successful in that world – the marketing genius (a.k.a bombing), the psychology understanding (a.k.a nursing a client), the technical know-how (a.k.a update), the hunger (a.k.a “I’m active”) – these are exactly what the legitimate tech world is paying crazy money for. But nobody talks about that part.
There are nearly 1.2 Billion websites in the world right now, and each of them cost money, skill, or both to build. Every business needs a website. Every entrepreneur needs an online presence. Every brand needs digital solutions. The money is there, it’s consistent, and it’s growing every single day.
I mentored a guy who now build websites for small businesses and professionals. He was my old class mate whom I reunited with three years ago while he was working as a security guard at Shoprite. Now he charges 1,000 USD for a basic business website, 4K USD for e-commerce sites, and has a long list of clients who have booked him up in advance. No looking over shoulders, no sleepless nights, no worrying about who might snitch. Just pure skill meeting genuine demand.
That’s sustainable money. Money that grows your reputation instead of destroying it. Money that opens doors instead of closing them. Money you can tell your family about.
The hardest part isn’t learning Web Design. The hardest part is convincing yourself that slow and steady can compete with fast and risky. That building something real is worth more than building something that could vanish tomorrow.
I created ZHero because I kept meeting guys with insane potential wasting their lives in cycles they couldn’t break. Talented developers, creative marketers, natural born entrepreneurs – all stuck thinking there were only two choices: struggle or hiding.
ZHero isn’t just another Web Design course. It’s a complete system for building legitimate wealth in an industry that rewards skill and consistency. It’s for guys who want to channel that hunger into something that compounds instead of something that could land them in handcuffs.
When you know web design inside out, you’re automatically positioning yourself in a market where clients pay premium prices for custom solutions, where monthly maintenance contracts create recurring income, where your expertise becomes more valuable with every project you complete.
The same energy you’ve been using to look over your shoulder can be redirected into looking ahead. The same intelligence you’ve been using to stay one step ahead of trouble can be used to stay one step ahead of the competition.
Your mom doesn’t need to lie awake at night wondering if today is the day they come for you. Your younger siblings don’t need to watch you stress about things you can’t talk about. Your future doesn’t need to be built on foundations that could crumble any moment.
There’s a different path. It requires patience, consistency, and the willingness to build something real instead of something fast. But for guys who’ve already proven they can master complex systems and think strategically under pressure, it’s honestly not that hard.
The question isn’t whether you’re smart enough or talented enough. You’ve already proven that. The question is whether you’re tired enough of the cycle to try something different. Something that lets you sleep peacefully and not wonder which of the midnights the EFCC would come looking for you. Something that grows your wealth instead of risking it. Something you can be proud of instead of something you have to hide.
The streets will always be there. Yahoo will always exist, but your luck won’t hold indefinitely. And the skills you have right now could build something amazing if you point them in the right direction.
The ZHero Web Design Course is that direction. Not the easy path, but the right one. And sometimes, that makes all the difference.
