Features

GERMAN DUAL PARTNERSHIP: More Nigerian youths benefit in TFM

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

In a concerted effort to keep unemployment at bay and boost skills for industrial growth in Nigeria, the Federal Republic of Germany has again trained not less than 14 Nigerian youths in Technical Facility Management profession of its five year old German Dual Vocational Training Partnership

News

Saraki moves to curtail youth unemployment in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 8 August 2017 0

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that youth unemployment in Nigeria can be curtailed with a collaborative policy and legislative thrust that will help improve access to finance and develop basic infrastructure. Saraki stated this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu and made available […]

Life & Style

Govt can solve unemployment by providing more in textile/fashion industry, says Awolowo

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2017 0

  Mr Segun Awolowo, the Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), says government must invest more in the fashion/ textile industry to solve the rate of unemployment in the country. Awolowo said that the industry was a viable sector to invest in because the country is blessed with a vast land to […]

Sports

‘Sports betting popular among Nigerian youths’

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2017 0

With the economic recession and unemployment biting harder especially among the youth population, it is reported that about eighty percent of Nigerian youths are involved in sport betting. According to reports, sport betting has contributed a lot to keeping the Nigerian youths busy. Seeking answers from the youths on why they take to sports betting, […]

Business

NLC Tasks Presidents-Elect on Youth Unemployment

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

A faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), led by Comrade Joe Ajaero has called on the President elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to focus on expanding the frontier for job creation through value added activities in Agriculture and Industrial Manufacturing to spur industrial revolution. The agenda is being set for the incoming President based on […]

Editorial

Addressing Pilots, Technicians’ Unemployment

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

The report by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) that the number of unemployed pilots in Nigeria has swelled to about 500 is not only shocking but also worrisome. The chairman of AON, Noggie Meggison, in an interview with this newspaper, said put the statistical figure thus: about 200 qualified but unemployed pilots, will be […]