Labour Politics

Just In: Senate moves to provide stipends for Unemployed Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2019 0

The Senate on Wednesday called on Federal Government to initiate a sustainable unemployment fund for the payment of stipends to unemployed Nigerians until such persons secure employment. It also urged the Federal Government to put up a mechanism and programme that would provide employment for

Politics

Senate wants unemployment rate checked

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2019 0

Abuja – The Senate on Tuesday called for a check on the nation’s unemployment rate in the country through a diversified economy. Senate Leader Yahaya Abdullahi made the observation in Abuja at a roundtable on solid mineral sector. The roundtable is entitled: “Need for continuous implementation of policy reforms for the diversification of the Nigerian […]

World

U.S. adds 266,000 jobs, unemployment rate lowers to 3.5%

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2019 0

The U.S. said it added some 266,000 jobs in the month of November, lowering the unemployment rate in the country to 3.5 per cent for the month. This is according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday. U.S. presidential election: Kamala Harris exits 2020 race, citing lack of cash Part […]

News

Kano State Govt. committed to addressing youth unemployment— Ganduje

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2019 0

Kano State Government says it is committed to addressing the unemployment challenges especially among the youth in the state.‎ Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje made this known at a grand reception organised by the Security Committee of his campaign organisation on Thursday at the Government House, Kano.  READ ALSO KOWA Party denies endorsing Gov Bello for 2nd term […]

News

How I’ll fix unemployment problems — Dimeji Bankole

Ihesiulo Grace 4 February 2019 0

Abeokuta Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party in Ogun State, Mr. Dimeji Bankole has pledged to fix the problem of unemployment in the state if elected governor. He attributed the rising crime wave to the high rate of unemployment among the youth in the state. Bankole […]

Business News

Economic summit: Buhari explains Nigeria’s high growth figures amid rising poverty

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday identified the factors responsible for the high growth figures, rising poverty and unemployment rate recorded in Nigeria. Buhari offered the explanation while declaring open the 24th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES), in Abuja with the theme, “From Poverty to Prosperity: Making Governance and Institutions Work’’. Represented by Vice

News Nigeria

Focus Labs to create over 500,000 jobs by 2020 – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari led government is expected to create more than 500,000 jobs by 2020, through the help of focus labs which will reduce the rate of unemployment in the country. The Federal Government had recently conducted focus labs in key areas of the economy which are agriculture, transport, manufacturing and processing, power and gas. […]

News

Make a difference in politics, Okogie, Martins , others tell Youths

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2018 0

In line with the tradition on every May Day, workers in Nigeria and beyond held rallies and protests to draw attention to their plight. Beyond the ample opportunity May Day presents to demand a better deal from employers, political leaders, rights activists, religious leaders seized the opportunity the day presents to comment on burning national […]

News

13 new bus terminals will provide 3000 jobs – Lagos Govt

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2018 0

THE Lagos State Government has said that construction works are ongoing in 13 different bus terminals that will employ 3000 youths in the State. This is even as it revealed that over 800 buses have been procured to kick-start operations at the newly inaugurated Ikeja Bus Terminal. Speaking over the weekend during a media tour […]

News

President of Ghana leads delegation in event aimed at tackling Africa unemployment

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2018 0

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana, is scheduled to give a talk in a leading pan African conference organised to address unemployment in the continent.   The president will give a keynote speech at The LSE Africa Summit scheduled to take place on April 20-21 at the London School of Political Science in the […]

News

Nigerian Embassy sacks 15 local staff in Washington

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2018 0

The Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC, has disengaged some 15 local workers at the embassy.       Senior officials at the embassy told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the benefits of the 15 local workers would be paid soon.     They said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, approved the disengagement […]

Business Labour

FG has inaugurated National Employment Council to create jobs for Nigerians…Ngige

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2018 0

The Federal Government has inaugurated the National Employment Council to look into the situation of unemployment in the country. Speaking on the new development, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige said there was a need for a shift from reactive and temporary measures to curbing the menace of rising unemployment in the […]

Business

ILO projects rise in ‎unemployment, decent work in 2018

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2018 0

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has projected a rise in the global unemployment rate and decent work in many parts of the world in 2018. The ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said this in a report titled the “World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2018 in Geneva. He said the World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends […]

Editorial

FIIRO’s readiness to create 5m jobs annually

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2018 0

Against the backdrop of the high unemployment level in the country, the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Lagos, stunned the nation recently when it claimed that it has developed a workable blueprint that could effectively curb the menace of unemployment by providing well over five million job opportunities annually in the country. The […]

News

Unemployment figure soars high in latest NBS report

Ihesiulo Grace 25 December 2017 0

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its recent report on the country’s unemployment rate shows that it rose from 14.2% to 18.8% in 2017. It also said that Nigeria’s labour population increased from 83.9 million in the second quarter to 85.1 million in the third quarter of 2017, a difference of 1.2million in additional […]

Labour News

ILO committed to collaborate with Nigeria on key challenges

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2017 0

The newly appointed International Labour Organization (ILO) Assistant Director General/Regional Director for Africa, Nigerian -born Ms. Cynthia Samuel Olonjuwon has reiterated the commitment of ILO to strengthen its collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria in its efforts at promoting inclusive and sustainable growth. The Regional Director made this assertion,

Business

MSMEs capable of eradicating poverty, says Okowa

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2017 0

…As Tambuwal, Ibori, others attend exhibition in Asaba MORE than 400 beneficiaries of the skill acquisition programmes of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration in Delta State had an exhibition programmes on Tuesday with governor Okowa saying, investment in Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) is the easiest means of reducing youth unemployment

Business

Group moves to curb unemployment, trains 54 youths on ICT

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2017 0

Determined to combat unemployment and poverty among the youths of Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria at large, a Non Governmental Organization, (NGO), the Vision Foundation Computer Institute has trained and empowered over 54 youths of the state on data processing and Information and Communication Technology, (ICT). Already, the NGO has established 12 business centres furnished

Abuja Times

Council official urges FCTA to invest in sports to reduce unemployment

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

The Sports Technical Adviser in Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Emmanuel Obiagba, has urged the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to invest more in sports development to reduce unemployment. Obiagba gave the advice at the weekend in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the margins of the […]

Health News

Drug abuse growing among minors in Kano -NDLEA

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

Yakubu Salisu, Kano The commander National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kano Command, Hamza Umar MNI, has decried the new trend of drug abuse among minors in the state as something new and unexpected. Hamza, who spoke to newsmen at the commands headquarters on Tuesday, stated that the ugly trend which the state has been […]