10 Best Places To Work in Nigeria

 

Whether you are out of school, or still in school, a good place of employment is most likely one of the things on your mind. And while it is quite true that the employment rate in Nigeria is quite low, it is still home to some of the best multinationals and career friendly companies in Africa.

So, let us pretend like you have a choice and show you the best 10 companies to choose from, and also a little background on them.

1. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Oil & Gas Multinational

Shell Nigeria is the common name for Royal Dutch Shell‘s Nigerian operations carried out through four subsidiaries—primarily Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC). Royal Dutch Shell’s joint ventures account for more than 21% of Nigeria‘s total petroleum production (629,000 barrels per day (100,000 m³/d) (bpd) in 2009) from more than eighty fields.

2. Chevron Oil & Gas Multinational
Chevron is one of the world’s largest oil companies; as of 2014, it ranked third in the Fortune 500 list of the top US closely held and public corporations and sixteenth on the Fortune Global 500 list of the top 500 corporations worldwide.  It was also one of the Seven Sisters that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s.

3. Mobil Oil & Gas Multinational
Mobil, previously known as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, is a major United States oil company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form a parent company called ExxonMobil. It was previously one of the Seven Sisters that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s. Today Mobil continues as a major brand name within the combined company, as well as still being a gas station sometimes paired with their own store or On the Run.

4. NNPC Oil & Gas
NNPC was established on April 1, 1977 as a merger of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel. NNPC by law manages the joint venture between the Nigerian federal government and a number of foreign multinational corporations, which include Royal Dutch Shell, Agip,ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Texaco (now merged with Chevron). Through collaboration with these companies, the Nigerian government conducts petroleumexploration and production. In 2007, the head of the Nigerian wing of Transparency International said salaries for NNPC workers were too low to prevent graft.

5.  MTN Telecommunication Multinational
MTN Group, formerly M-Cell, is a South Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African, European and Asian countries. Its head office is in Johannesburg. As of 30 September 2015, MTN recorded 233 million subscribers across its operations.


6. Nestlé Nigeria FMCG Multinational
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company co-headquartered in Rotterdam,Netherlands, and London, United Kingdom. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world’s third-largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue, after Procter & Gamble and Nestlé. Unilever is the world’s largest producer of food spreads, such as margarine. One of the oldest multinational companies, its products are available in around 190 countries.

7. Total Oil & Gas Multinational
Total S.A. is a French multinational integrated oil and gas company and one of the six “Supermajor” oil companies in the world. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. The company has its head office in the Tour Total in La Défense district in Courbevoie, west of Paris.

8. Dangote FMCG
The Dangote Group is the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa and one of the largest in Africa. It generated revenue in excess of US$3 billion in 2015. The group is one of the leading diversified business conglomerates in Africa. The company employs more than 26,000 people.

9. Nigeria Breweries FMCG
Nigerian Breweries Plc, incorporated in 1946, is the pioneer and largest brewing company in Nigeria. Its first bottle of beer, STAR Lager, rolled off the bottling lines of its Lagos brewery in June 1949. Other breweries were subsequently commissioned by the company, including Aba Brewery in 1957, Kaduna Brewery in 1963, and Ibadan Brewery in 1982. In September 1993, the company acquired its fifth brewery in Enugu state, and in October 2003, its sixth brewery, sited at Ameke in Enugu. Ama Brewery began brewing on the 22 March 2003 and at 3 million hectolitres is the largest brewery in Nigeria.

10.  Glo Telecommunication
Globacom Limited (or GLO) is a Nigerian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. GLO is a privately owned telecommunications carrier that started operations on 29 August 2003. It currently operates in four countries in West Africa, namely Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. As of June 2009, the company has employed more than 2,500 people worldwide.

4 Reasons it is Better to Stay Off Campus

4 Reasons it is Better to Stay Off Campus

4 Reasons it is Better to Stay Off Campus. As an undergraduate in most Nigerian Universities, you have the choice to pick between staying off campus or in the school hostels. While the school hostel might be relatively cheaper, it is necessary to check the pros and cons before deciding on the place to stay.

While the school hostel has its advantages, we shall check out four reasons why it is better to stay off campus.

1. PRIVACY
Most school hostels have zero provision for privacy, usually you have more than two people in a room, with each person having his/her own corner and bunk bed. There is hardly any privacy in this hostels, with most students undressing and dressing while their roommates look on.  Staying however off campus in a room rented by you will afford you more privacy and you get to choose and decide if you want a roommate or if you would prefer to stay alone.

2. HYGIENE
Hostels in some schools are clean and hygienic which is highly commendable, however such hostels are few. Most school hostels are very unhygienic, due to large number of students sharing limited spaces, bathrooms and toilets. Also most are not properly cleaned and sanitized, neither are they maintained. Disease outbreak is very likely and unhygienic conditions are not ideal. Off-campus, you get to determine the cleanliness of your room and your immediate environment.

3. SAFETY
When protests and riots break out in a university, the hostels are usually majorly affected. Burning, looting, bodily harm and other crimes are usually committed around the school hostels, especially in cases where there is inadequate security. However, off campus, unless in special circumstances, they are rarely affected by such. Only in cases where there are general riots, may they be affected.

4. VISITORS
On special occasions, like Matriculation and Convocation, the likelihood that your family may come visiting your school is very high. Hostels are not built for that, the limited space and condition will make a visit highly improbable and even uncomfortable. However, Off campus, you are allowed to welcome your visitors to your room and entertain them.

N/B: If you have any other reason you think students should stay off campus, use the comment box or mail us. thanks