₦airaland Forum

Omoluabi16:
Hello afrikanbabe. Good thing you want to experience the Nigerian culture and possibly have a life here. Anybody can thrive here, we do not discriminate.. infact We are very welcoming to foreigners. But a jobseeker here? I'll advice you to be very careful, you can't be trusting. Research deeper about the lagos environment/life before you take that leap. Good thing some people have given you Job sites.

It's unfortunate the way your fellow nationals are subtly trying to discourage you and making condescending remarks about Nigeria. I'm happy you've been here, seen our 'madness' and hold no prejudice about nigeria. whatever you choose to do, I wish you the best.

Thanks for the well wishes Omoluabi16.
All points noted. And yes, no country is perfect. None. I cannot wait to explore the rest of Africa even. This is our continent is full of wonder!

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Pidgin2:
I don't know if you know how annoying and condescending you South Africans seem on this thread? Honestly, if you ever try putting on this attitude if anything brings you down to Nigeria, I trust my people, they will remind you that we saved your sorry ass' from white supremacists in your country.

Stop this unnecessary interrogations Zulu being and stop spoiling this thread. Go away from here to your South African/Zulu natal blogs, stop this xenophobia stuff and GETOUT of here pls.

Hey Pidgin2. It's real embarrassing this type of ignorance shown. They were hyped up in the morning trying to "understand" my story. It's unfortunate. Plus, this is a forum built by a Nigerian. Why are they on it if it gives them such headache. I repeat, they need to open their minds.

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morpheus24:
As I mentioned earlier Africanbabe, you need to take that leap of faith and go. You will become a better person for it when you remove yourself from your comfort zone and venture out. There are risks to moving to Nigeria but I am not too worried about you because you have already been there before and are not totally clueless of where you are going to.

PS worse case scenario, if you get in trouble your embassy is situated somewhere off Ajose Adeogun in Victoria island, Take a taxi there, show them your passport or speak strong Tswana or fanagalore to them and you are on a one way ticket back to OR tambo

Thanks for your vote in confidence morpheus24. I know it will be well worth it.
I'm familiar with the embassy in VI - no wahala there. And indeed, with everything I'll keep eyes and ears out = I'll be careful.

Thanks again.

morpheus24:
In other words what you are again insinuating is that it is very unusual for "Black" SA's to leave their country to places where they have no family support. White SA's do this all the time and no one finds it strange how they have left in droves carrying their skills or adventurous spirits.

As mentioned earlier, the reason it seems unusual is because of the perception that most black SA's have become accustomed to as regards the rest of Africa and so it is difficult to fathom that one would move from a SA to say Ghana

Thanks Morpheus24. It's a true case of ignorance. Sometimes it's not always bliss
One needs to live and learn

londoner:
Op try and join InterNations.org It's an expat site and they a group in Lagos and Abuja you may be able to make some useful contacts or opportunities. Good luck!

Joined. Thanks Londoner
Though folks on these platforms, seems they don't want to chat about work

ZarZar:
Can you blame me for having mixed reactions though? Yours is a curious case, hence I'm not sure if it's for real or not. Where you are going aside, mentally, I'm trying to put myself in the same situation of deciding to move permanently to a place where I don't have any relatives etc & it's a scary thought. I'm sure I'm not the only one that finds it hard to understand but oh well.

It's not that curious case if you read and find out what is happening in the world. If you have the chance, travel too. It opens one's mind. Don't judge what you don't understand

Lionessza:
Yazi ndicinga ngulo uqale waphendula . She's always saying the same things nge SA .

Hai Shem. Be strong ladies. I'm laughing at how much this is surprising you. Open your minds and the world is your oyster. ZarZar, asking Mduza uyanthemba (trusts me)? Hahaha. You're right, it's perfectly okay for you to take things with a grain of salt. You never know these days. But this post was directed to Nigerians living there about work opportunities. So, as for you trusting me or not and typing in Zulu to decipher me hahah. It's hilarious

Lionessza:
Just curious nje , you are free not to respond dear if the questions make you feel uncomfortable .

I know you are very curious. I can see that. If I don't respond, then please don't make 'accusations' about my not being SA'n. Letting you know where I'm from doesn't make me uncomfortable. I hope you're comfortable now knowing your fellow SA'n is planning to relocate to Nigeria. It's not strange. That doesn't take away from the fact that I love my country. Very much. (Even with the increased crime against women and children nowadays and Zuma and Guptas). Every country has its pros and cons.

Have a good day!
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Lionessza:
Ok .where are you from originally?

Hammanskraal

My dear. Are you interviewing me?

Lionessza:
Where are you from in pta?

Living Menlyn side.

Lionessza:
What language do you speak?

Ke mo Tswana

Lionessza:
Very curious myself .she must be very ready to relocate, she even writes like a Nigerian. Mmmmh interesting .

Lionessza,

Don't worry yourself. I am South African. I write 'like a Nigerian' because I happen to know the lingo = pidgin. I've lived in Lagos before.
Chill

MduZA:
NO answer yet...Im also curious

I'm from the capital city, Pretoria! MduZa
Okae?

madampresident:
perhaps you should state what kind of job you are looking at and your qualifications, that way you could get referrals or something.You know jobs don't often come easy in Naija. Another option is to consider going into business if you are a business minded person.

Hi madampresident
I hold a BA in Communications
Looking to work at media houses, advertising agencies, telecoms maybe (in the marketing department

Thank you

PastorAji:
lLemme try
i. Strategic Outsourcing Ltd
ii. HT Limited
iii. The Jobmag Centre
iv. Box and Cedar
v. Oscar Temple
v. and many more (too numerous to mention)

Media Outfit
i. Channels TV
ii. AIT
iii. SIlverbird

Branding Agencies in Nigeria http :// www. finelib. com/ business/ marketing-companies/ branding (remove the spaces between them)

Radio Stations (A lot)
i. Rhythm FM
ii. Cool FM
iii. INspiration FM
iv. Cool FM
v. Wazobia FM
vi. and a whole lot of others there

NGO's http:// www. nigeriagalleria. com/ Agencies_and_Organizations / NGOs. html (remove the spaces between them)

Methinks this should help

All noted PastorAji
Thank you very much!
God bless

kolaaderin:
You sounds like a Nigerian. That is bold is a typical Nigerian English oooo

Haha,
I am proudly South African Kolaaderin, born and bred

ZarZar:
Like where? I don't listen to Nigerian music so that wouldn't do as I can always tune to channel o if I wanted to listen to music. Music aside, as someone that's been there, what would you say is the place to be? A place you'd take a family member if they visit in the future.

Sure well, Channel O doesn't play Fela's music for one. But as for places.. Nigeria is a big country so which state? Your question needs a new thread altogether. TripAdvisor can help

PastorAji:
wa gbayi

as someone has earlier said Lagos to me is ROUGH........VERY ROUGH
Abuja would have been a very good place (though costly a bit)

and as for the application, I know by now, your email box would have been super-full with pm's from Nairalanders
Narrow your search to NGO's in Nigeria, Search for outsourcing/employment firms in Lagos and you would see a quite number of them.....

just asking "is it our #JOLLOF_RICE that is making you to come to Naija

Plenty PM's PastorAji but nothing leading me to the right direction per se. Here and there. I appreciate everyone's efforts though.

Will look up as you've suggested above.

Hahah. The jollof... I can't give my 2cents on that one oo. There's the war on which country has the best jollof rice now. So lips sealed

ZarZar:
Lol, OK If you were taking someone to Nigeria for the 1st time, where will you take them? By that I mean a place that embodies the true spirit of the country? Beaches, resorts etc don't count, because they're as average as trees. I'm talking uniqueness that is only synonymous with your country.

My sister there is plenty.
Think music alone. Think Fela.

Milonis:
afrikanbabe, all the best. Be careful and be law-abiding. See you around someday

Indeed. I no want trouble oo.
Thank you

justwise:
I know you are familiar with Nigeria and Nigerians but be very careful who you contact from here, I don't want to remember this thread for all wrong reasons.

Good luck.

Thanks justwise,
I'm being very careful.

bessmanie:
What qualifications do you have? That's a key thing for you to get a job here. You may also contact SA companies in Nigeria to see if vacancies exist

BA in Communications
Thanks dear

JennyOfOldstones:
@Afrikanbabe. Someone here mentioned contacting the Linda Ikeji Media Group. Linda is the most popular blogger in Nigeria and she just launched a tv channel not too long ago. I think you should follow that suggestion since you specialized in communications.

On my list. Thanks very much oo
Hopefully they get back to me

morpheus24:
I would have recommended Abuja to you since the pace of life is slower and a little more organized but it seems you already have first had knowledge of Lagos life.

A caveat though about life in lagos, long term the craziness of can get exhausting after a while and begin to get bothersome and more complex as you get older so always keep your options open. South Africa is not far from Nigeria so I advice you always visit home and touch base with your family as often as you can. SA's are very tight knit with family and they do not move far away from each other as opposed to Nigerians who are encouraged to go as far as their wits can take them anywhere round the world

True true.
And yes, living in Lagos doesn't mean I won't visit home. I won't be abandoning my family and all. It's just time I spread my wings and settle (if for a couple of years) elsewhere. And Nigeria won't be the last, the world is a beeeg beeeg place. So many places to make home.

morpheus24:
Reading through your posts, I find some of your comments a little pretentious and condescending towards your fellow country woman. Its like you are subtly trying to dissuade her from moving to Nigeria.

There are issues the country has admittedly but there a many "black' SA's who are quite adventurous and see no problem moving to "Africa" to live if possibly *indefinitely*.

Ameni

Amberon11:
afrikanbabe

Pls take the advice of this person i quoted. Much tax isnt paid in Nigeria. I would advice you to start up a buisness if you have the capital.

I need capital oo
I would love to set up shop, as in yesterday Amberon11

morpheus24:
@ africanbabe

You can live and work in Nigeria if that is where your heart is. I have met a couple of South Africans who feel the same way you do and after lengthy discussions with them kinda understand the reasons for it.

I would presume that you like the hustle and bustle of the city life in Lagos and have fallen in love with the culture of Nigeria.

Some others like you I have come across have also intimated to me that there is a sense of freedom they feel being in an "all black country" and a sense of "racial pride" and communism they feel when they are in Nigeria albeit of course other issues like electricity problems, infrastructure and somewhat casual arrogance of the average Nigerian. Something they say is absent in South Africa at least in their personal experiences.

I say go for it, you have absolutely nothing to loose. I know a South African lady who works in Abuja now as an interior decorator and in the past five years I have known her, she has only been back to South Africa twice on short visits.

Morpheus24,

You took the words right out of me. My sentiments EXACTLY!
Who no know go know!

Thank you for this

NinaMiliano:
GLAD U LOVE NIGERIA.
HAVING A JOB AS A FOREIGNER IS EASY.
I'LL SUGGEST U TRY UP SOME N.G.O.s
ICRC, MSN, ADAM SMITH, FHI 360, PFD, NEI, TSHIP, UNICEF..

OR ALTERNATIVELY U CUD MAKE DO WITH MTN, DSTV, SHOP RITE...

JUST WALK INTO ANY OF THESE NIGERIAN BASED SOUTH AFRICAN FIRMS, PRESENT UR CASE, AM SO VERY SURE U WILL BE INSTANTLY CONNECTED.

NIGERIANS ARE WARM AND WELCOMING AND WE ALL LOVE FOREIGNERS SO U WILL BE HIGHLY CONSIDERED..


U CAN START BY MAKING A SIMPLE CONTACT BEFORE HAND .

GETTING YOUR IMMIGRATION PAPERS IS QUITE EASY AND DIRECT..... BUT JUST DONT FALL INTO WRONG HANDS ELSE U WILL REGRET TAKING THIS DECISION.

ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK ALL UR CONTACTS. AND THREAD WITH CAUTION.


BUT IF ITS A JOB, AM SO SURE U WILL EASILY FIND ONE.

LAGOS IS A SWEET-BUSY TOWN AND DIA ARE JOBS ON THE GO.

I WUDNT NO UR PROFESSION, QUALIFICATION, SKILL AND EXPERTISE ELSE I WUD HAVE GIVEN U SPECIFIC INFORMATION.


MEANWHILE, IF U WANNA BE IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF ABUJA I CAN REFER YOU TO AN AGENCY THAT CAN PUT U TRUE, I DONT NO MUCH OF LAGOS.



ABOVE ALL, PRAY TO GOD FOR DIRECTION, SINCE U HAVE DESIRED IT, IT WILL SURELY COME TO PASS SO EASILY.
................GRACIAS

Hello dear,

Thanks so much for this. I will surely look up. I prefer to be based in Lagos rather. Also, my field is in media and communications.

Bless you

lexy2014:
but in your case u ain't visiting u are relocating. Y??

Please go through the thread dear. I touched on this
Thank you

Mayflowa:
I know that dear. I was actually referring to ZarZar that kept prodding you. I guess you know she is your South African sister. By the way, you Don sabi the pidgin english, which is delightful.

Anyway, one way to get a job is through linkedin. There are lots of vacancies on the webpage. The good part is you can connect to the people concerned. Goodluck in your search.

My dear Mayflowa,

I dey try, small small

I overstand now. Didn't know ZarZar from South.
Thank you for the well wishes. God bless you sister.
Also doing a lot of inviting and personal messaging on LinkedIn. Something will soon give. In God we trust