NaijaToday Careers Desk | August 2026

If you've been sending out applications into the void all year and getting nothing back, don't give up yet — August has quietly turned into one of the busiest recruitment months of 2026. Telecoms giants, manufacturing conglomerates, federal agencies, universities and international organisations are all hiring at the same time, across every experience level from entrylevel graduate programmes to senior management roles. We did the digging so you don't have to scroll through a hundred tabs. Here's exactly who's hiring, where, and how to not miss your shot.



TELECOMS & TECH

MTN Nigeria — 10 Positions
MTN is recruiting across Lagos and Enugu States for roles including Specialist (Financial Systems Support), Manager (Business Development, FTTx Operations), Administrative Assistant, Analyst (Platform Management), Analyst (Monitoring and Performance), Analyst (New Market), Representative (Sales and Trade Development – Chikun), Specialist (Modern Workplace), Engineer (IP Edge Planning) and Analyst (Regional Sales – East).
Deadline: August 7, 2026 — this one closes fast, so if telecoms is your field, apply today.

MTN has also opened its Global Graduate Development Programme for 2026, aimed at fresh graduates looking to build a career in one of Africa's largest telecom operators, alongside newer openings in customer growth and operations roles being listed weekly on the major job boards.

Moniepoint continues to run an active Graduate Internship Programme for the fintech sector, a solid option if you're chasing experience in Nigeria's booming digital payments space.



MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY

Dangote Group — Cement & Foods Divisions
Dangote opened a fresh round of recruitment on August 4, spanning two of its biggest subsidiaries: Dangote Cement and Dangote Foods. Roles are available at facilities in Lagos, Ogun, Kogi, Adamawa and Edo States, with additional international openings in Tanzania, Senegal, Zambia and India. Positions cover both technical and senior management functions, and Dangote Cement also runs a dedicated HEMM Operators Training Programme for candidates interested in heavy equipment operations — a genuinely underrated entry point into the group for candidates without a university degree.

Smaller industrial players are hiring too. Three UP Industrial Limited, a Kanobased manufacturer of galvanized roofing sheets, pipes and animal feeds, and SG Industrial FZE, a steel manufacturing outfit with operations in Ogun State, both have active listings on Nigeria's job portals as of this week — proof that opportunity isn't only concentrated in Lagos.



OIL, GAS & ENERGY

NNPC Limited continues to be one of the most searched employers in the country, recruiting across both its Graduate Trainee cadre and Experienced Hire cadre, spanning engineering, finance and operations disciplines. NNPC has been explicit that no legitimate recruitment process from the corporation ever charges applicants a fee — a reminder worth repeating given how many fake NNPC recruitment scams circulate every hiring season.

Logistics and technical services firms supporting the oil and gas sector are also hiring this month, with openings for roles such as Logistics Advisor (covering aviation, marine, shorebase and ground transportation services) posted this week for candidates with relevant subjectmatter expertise.



BANKING & FINANCE

Nigeria's tierone banks are running their usual steady drumbeat of recruitment. Access Bank's Entry Level Training Programme remains open for fresh graduates looking to break into banking, and vacancy trackers show GTBank, Zenith Bank, First Bank and UBA all actively recruiting for branch and headoffice operations roles this month, alongside a standing need for Accountants — one such role, based in Ikeja, Lagos, is currently listed as a fulltime opening.

If banking operations is your target career path, industry salary data shows tierone banks currently pay Operations Managers in the ₦400,000 to ₦700,000 monthly range, so it's worth knowing your worth before you walk into that interview.



GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE

This is arguably the biggest category this month, and one a lot of job seekers overlook.

INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) is running a nationwide recruitment drive for 7 permanent staff positions, alongside a separate, much larger call for adhoc staff to support the 2026 FCT Area Council elections.
FRSC (Federal Road Safety Corps) has 17 positions open nationwide.
Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) is recruiting for 5 positions.
Several federal universities are hiring at a genuinely massive scale: University of Ibadan has 372 academic and nonacademic positions open, Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo has 384 positions, Ahmadu Bello University has 14 nonacademic roles, and Southwestern University Nigeria and University of Abuja (now Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja) both have large combined recruitment drives running in parallel.

If you have a teaching, research, or campus administration background, this is genuinely one of the strongest windows of the year to get into the public university system.



NGO & INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Nigeria hosts one of the largest concentrations of international humanitarian and development operations in Africa, and August is no exception. UNICEF Nigeria's Abuja country office currently has active listings including a Social Behaviour Change Specialist (Polio), a Programme Associate (Health Section), and several consultancy roles tied to education and nutrition programming — some based in Adamawa, Kwara and Sokoto States under joint EU and GAVIfunded health system initiatives.

A word of caution worth repeating for anyone applying to UN or INGO roles: legitimate recruitment is always free. No UN agency, UNICEF included, will ever ask you to pay a fee or provide bank details during recruitment — if a "recruiter" asks you for money, it's a scam, full stop.

Beyond UNICEF, WHO, UNDP, WFP, UNHCR, IOM and UNFPA all maintain active Nigeriabased vacancy pipelines, particularly for humanitarian response roles in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, where recruitment volume has stayed high due to the sustained NorthEast crisis response. Entrylevel NGO roles typically pay between ₦150,000 and ₦400,000 monthly, while UN National Officer grades can reach ₦1,500,000 to ₦4,000,000 monthly depending on seniority.



THE UNGLAMOROUS BUT REAL ONES

Not every job worth having is a graduate trainee scheme at a multinational. This month also has openings for a Shops Manager overseeing a group of Bet9ja outlets in Abuja, Customer Service Representatives in Kaduna, Administrative Officers in Port Harcourt, and HR Officers and Personal Assistants across Lagos — roles that don't always trend on LinkedIn but pay real salaries and hire fast, often within weeks rather than months.



THREE THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU APPLY TO ANYTHING ON THIS LIST

1. Tailor your CV to the actual job title, not a generic onesizefitsall document. Recruiters at highvolume drives like the university and INEC recruitments are often scanning hundreds of CVs a day.
2. Never pay to apply. Whether it's NNPC, UNICEF, or a bank graduate programme — genuine Nigerian employers do not charge application, processing, or "shortlisting" fees. If anyone asks you to pay, walk away.
3. Track your deadlines. Some of these — MTN's current listing especially — close within days. Set a reminder the moment you find a role you're serious about.



NaijaToday will keep tracking major recruitment drives as they open through the rest of August. Bookmark this page and check back for updates, and if you land one of these roles, tag us — we'd love to celebrate the win with you.