Khaady605:
Honest advice. I've been a teacher for almost ten years now, trying to sponsor myself in my undergraduate programme, believe me teaching in a private school is not a job. So tedious and with little to show for it. Alhamdulillah, I have few months from now to graduate. Now I am having sleepless night on what type of business should I go into because I don't want to spend my whole life suffering in the name of working.

highchief1:
some of us will always speak the truth.If u open a Barbing salon in a strategic plaza u r better off than a teacher or a micro finance banker.Smart pll don’t actually enjoy working for anybody.If u have to work it must be an establishment.What’s the point investing ur time and energy into smthg that doesn’t have a future.Even a taxi driver is better than the two job offers der

chimeremodlyn:
i would have asked her to accept the microfinance job but that salary is not enough to pay any bills in Lagos. Too many bills to pay and depending on where her friend stays, she might be spending much on tfare, worse still, if its not a bosom friend, she might begin to make her feel uncomfortable even b4 6months if she doesn't contribute to house matters. So, she shd seriously consider all of these b4 relocating to Lagos cos me, im relocating out of Lagos- im tired of Lagos already

frozen70:


Exactly
I don't want to tell him that people go to work by 4am because of traffic

Get to. Office by 5.30am and continue sleeping till 7am when others have arrived to resume work

Delightsome2023:

same Benin City, I'm working as a teacher and earning 15k.
B.sc Ed

ewa20buredi100:
I have a neighbour who resides in Benin city, works as a Physics teacher in a private school and earns 60k as salary, plus extra 55k as a private lesson tutor.

She was recently given a job offer, after applying, in one Microfinance bank in Trade fair, Lagos state. The Microfinance bank has its headquarter in Europe.
The pay is 76k for the first 6 months. After which there will be an upward review to 96k.


Problem is she doesn't know which one to choose, as she is tired of teaching and life in Benin. And wants to experience Lagos life.

I wanted to tell her of the life, stress and traffic in Lagos. But had to withdraw, because I haven't been in Lagos for years now. So chances are that i may tell her what is not true.

And secondly, she has no accommodation in Lagos, but wants to go stay with a friend.

I do not know what to tell her.

Your suggestion highly needed.

Thank you.

lavylilly:
I cannot do this. Your life expectancy would be reduced by 80%.

lavylilly:
Why did you go into it?

Delightsome2023:
I swear down.
at times I feel like quitting.
You'd be waking up very early to ensure you're in school before devotion and after teaching a whole day you'd still need to make lesson notes at home with their poor salary.

lavylilly:
How much do you make in a Barbing saloon in a day?
What's the cost of operation
Diesel
PHCN in relation to what you make in the shop (income).

lavylilly:
Vacant positions:
Geography teacher
Economics teacher
Mathematics teacher
Senior English teacher

Contact: 08171541524 or 08168003563

Delightsome2023:
good evening boss I've been following your updates on this forum.
God bless you for all your efforts.
However my specialty isn't really included here in the vacant positions you listed.
CRK, Government, Literature, History and maybe English for junior level though.
I'd still reach out to the contact you dropped.
God bless you

highchief1:
lol I don’t own one.

BinamRex:


The painful thing is that after teaching for years, you'll have nothing to show for it; no house, car or even valuable property.

The day I'll get a good job, I'll borrow money just to throw a party.

frozen70:


Hahaha

My dear we are already use to it

That's part of what makes it Lagos

Bustling and bubbling

lavylilly:
Who are the we? How many of you people? I recall getting a job few year ago at Oniru, after a week, I just told them. I am quiting. You wake up by 3:30am, on the road by 4:45am and when you get in 3rd mainland bridge you will meet traffic st 5:45am, where the hell are y'all going? Did you even sleep at home? Truth is the well paying are mostly on the Island. Give me 300k Island with accommodation, I would not take because
1. The water is bad (it looks rusting from phase 1 down to some part in Ajah?
2. Foods are expensive
3. Accommodation is expensive

lavylilly:
Start planning on having a side hustle, it longer funny in Nigeria

lavylilly:

Tutorials Center
Cyber Cafe
Raw food selling
POS business

engrpheleeks:

Hmmmm, my dear... As we speak, I am currently jobless and though I'm not happy about it, but I have my sanity intact. Can you imagine that I got a teaching job early January as a science teacher in a private school. Their previous science went on maternity leave and I was employed to fill in the vacancy, pending when she'll be back. We had agreed on 32k and 3 subjects (physics, chemistry and maths js1-ss3). I said lemme manage it as job no dey. Only for them to add further maths and basic tech, on top 32k, that was after I resumed. I complained and they said when she resumes we will split the work... To cut the long story short, she resumed and they gave me the options of accepting 25k or resigning. From 32 to 25k. I resigned immediately and I was paid off

Khaady605:
Thanks a lot for the advice Dear. I have been thinking towards the tutorial centre and the Cyber Cafe

frozen70:


Your first sentence said, who are the we

My response is, we know ourselves

lavylilly:
Why are you tired of Lagos? Kindly state your reason(s)

lavylilly:
I will keep you updated. What's your location in Benin?

Delightsome2023:
boss good evening sorry I just got this message.
I reside in Ugbowo area by UBTH/UNIBEN.
I'll be so pleased to see your updates and I'll sure appreciate it either monetarily, gift or any means to show my gratitude.
You, Iyatola and Hamachi are really doing a good job of this forum and God will bless you all

lavylilly:

Tutorials Center
Cyber Cafe
Raw food selling
POS business

Prosperity4All:


Lavylilly good advice you have given here. And great insights from thegooddieyoung on the home lessons strategy. Besides a few Schools who pay upto N700k, Teaching in Nigeria has been reduced to Slave labour. Also Iyatola fados4sure and Hamachi kudos.
For engrpheleeks Khaady605 BinamRex chimeremodlyn toprealman ahamonyeka Dannydrums889 Delightsome2023 you guys should repackage your CV and look into indeed.com for Remote work opportunities. Also setup an Upwork account. You would be accepted if you select services in IT/ Tech. Listen, there are many no coding Tech jobs ( I will drop a YouTube link below for more insight)
From experience running a business in Nigeria ( side hustle) is not a walk in the park. I advise against any business that requires Electricity. So of your list only the Tutorial center is viable.
Vickho and co with B.Ed you can also explore the option of Teaching in the UK pathway which is currently open

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUDONfgDXq8

Khaady605:
Thank you for the advice. I will surely work towards that

Khaady605:
Thank you for the advice. I will surely work towards that

Vickho:
hi I need a teaching job that comes with accommodation.
Also I graduated last year with a second class upper (B.Ed) from the University of Benin.
since then I don't have money to proceed for clearance.
Any job offer that can take me in for the intervening time that my statement of result is yet to be collected?
cc lavylilly