News

N-Power anniversary : Ekiti beneficiaries praise Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

N-Power beneficiaries in Ekiti State have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for engaging many youths in Nigeria into the programme to curtail the rate of youth unemployment in the country. The President of N-Power beneficiaries in Ekiti State, Mr. Darasola Olaiya Oladimeji, gave the

Business News

N-Power: Job portal opens for Nigerian youths

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2017 0

The applicants for the 2017 N-Power, the employment scheme of the Federal Government can now start checking their pre-selection status on the portal, www.npower.gov.ng/n-power/check. ‎ The N-Power Volunteer Corps is part of the FG’s Social Investment Programmes, SIP, under which it plans to hire 300,000 unemployed graduates in 2017. After a brief silence, N-Power reopened

Edo Times

N-Power Health volunteers take malaria outreach to Oredo LGA

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2017 0

Following the collaboration of Edo State Government and the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to kick malaria out of the state, the N-Power Health Volunteers in Utagban Community in Oredo Local Government Area have organised a one-day malaria awareness seminar. The state government has a commitment to primary healthcare and has been collaborating with relevant development

Business

N-Power Programme: Online portal records 290,000 applicants in 3 days – Official

Ihesiulo Grace 19 July 2017 0

Business

N-Power programme: FG to recruit 300,000 youths

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2017 0

The Federal Government is initiating plans to recruit another 300,000 youths in the second batch of its N-Power social intervention and job creation programme.   The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this  in Kwara State.   Mr. Mohammed said the Federal Government would “reopen the N-POWER portal in the coming week to […]

Tech

FG rebuffs claim on reopening N-Power Portal for new applications

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2017 0

Federal government has rebuffed the news making the rounds that it has reopened the N-Power portal for fresh applications. The Federal government’s position was contained in a statement issued by Laolu Akande, the presidential spokesman in the Office of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and made available to the press. Akande said in the […]

Labour

Unemployment: The winding path to FG’s one million jobs target

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2016 0

It is an issue of serious concern that in Nigeria so far, economic policies have not translated into commensurate and improved social outcomes, especially for the over 60 million young people who make up majority of the population.  Joy Ekeke writes.   Africa is regarded as the most ‘youthful’ continent in the world. According to […]