Tag: unemployment
Unemployment: Varsities must empower students – acting VC
Tackling graduate unemployment in Nigeria will require urgent re-engineering of the roles of universities, the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University,…
50 journalists lose job to robots at Microsoft
About 50 journalists working with Microsoft are set to lose their jobs, as the American multinational tech giant reportedly moves…
Zamfara Reps member promises to prioritise security
A member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Kabiru Mai-palace, says he will tackle problems of insecurity and unemployment in…
Address poverty, unemployment, Commonwealth Society urges Buhari others
The Royal Commonwealth Society on Wednesday advised the newly-elected officials in Nigeria to accord priority to addressing poverty, unemployment, insecurity,…
Unemployment: Perm.Sec calls for stakeholders support
Mr Olusade Adesola , Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports, on Monday called on stakeholders to contribute to efforts…
President’s aide partners ECOWAS Youth Council to tackle unemployment
Mrs Juliet Ibekau-Nwagwu, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Reform Sector has pledged to cooperate with the Economic…
Akwa Ibom has highest unemployment rate in third quarters of 2018 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Akwa Ibom reported the highest unemployment rate of 37.7 per cent in third…
Technical education can address unemployment – Okpebholo
Dr Mathew Okpebholo, chairman of construction giant, RayRoyal construction company Ltd. , says if adequately funded, technical education can address…
High rate of unemployment, threat to national security
An agriculturist, Chief Chidike Ukoh has raised alarm over increasing unemployment in the country, saying it is capable of threatening…
Drug abuse, unemployment responsible for insecurity in Zamfara – Minister
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, says drug abuse, unemployment and governance are responsible for the “deplorable security situation in…
Bad leadership, corruption escalating unemployment in Nigeria – NYSC DG
Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Wednesday blamed the rising unemployment statistics bedeviling the nation…
FG challenged to address poverty, unemployment
The alleged security lapses, mass unemployment, "Live threatening poverty" fall of standard education in the country are indications that the…
Senate to Nigerian Govt: Raise revenue base to check unemployment
The Senate on Monday urged the Federal Government to raise the country’s revenue base to check its level of unemployment.
On Nigeria’s Dire Unemployment Burden
According to a 2017 Q3 report of the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria recorded its highest ever aggregate unemployment rate…
FEATURE: Nigerian youths recount strategy for coping with unemployment
"I was told to stop coming to work straight away without any notice. In fact I felt so bad because…
Executive Order on local expertise will tackle unemployment – Expert
A former Chairman of Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) in Kwara, Mr Bashiru Lawal, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s signing of…
Unemployment, pollution remains Niger Delta’s biggest challenge – NDRBDA MD
Mr Tonye David-West, the Managing Director of Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority, on Friday said youth unemployment and environmental…
FG, Association to partner to reduce unemployment
Mrs Nkiru Okpara, the National Coordinator, Association of Nigerian Women Business Network (ANWBN) says the association will partner with the…
Billionaire urges African govts to promote entrepreneurship
Chinese billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma on Friday called on African governments to promote entrepreneurship to address high levels of unemployment…
Don urges FG to address unemployment
A Financial expert, Charles Nwaekeaku, has urged the Federal Government to address certain fundamental issues in the country to tackle…
Union urges media houses to stop sacking journalists
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged media organisations in the country to stop arbitrary retrenchment of journalists and…
LAMATA, LASAA warn public against phony job adverts
Lagos State Government agencies, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) and the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA), have…
Lagos to fight grassroots unemployment through RUFIN
The Lagos State Government says it will explore the Rural Financing Institution, RUFIN, it established to fight unemployment at the…
Peace Corps will address unemployment challenge facing Nigeria – Sen. Nafada
The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) will address the unemployment challenge facing Nigeria if the bill establishing the corps is…
Nigeria’s unemployment rate rises to 13. 9 % – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the country’s unemployment rate has risen from 13.3 per cent in the 2nd…
High rate of unemployment bothers me, says Dangote
Funsho Arogundade Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President, Dangote Group, has said that topmost on his priority is how to contribute his…
45% of Nigerian graduates unemployed – survey
Nigeria needs to ramp up training and job creation schemes for university graduates, a leading recruitment agency said on Monday,…
Buhari blames poverty, unemployment, injustice for conflicts in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja that poverty, injustice and the lack of job opportunities were mainly responsible for…
Sultan slams Northern leaders hiding under Sardauna’s shadow
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar on Thursday in Kaduna slammed northern leaders, saying they must stop…
Ngige: I’m ready to tackle unemployment in Nigeria
Dr Chris Ngige, the newly appointed Minister of Labour and Employment, has assured Nigerians of the readiness of the ministry…