employment
9 Sep
Nigeria, the giant of Africa, possesses enormous potential for economic growth and development. With a young and burgeoning population, the country is well-positioned to take advantage of its demographic dividend. However, a critical obstacle stands in the way, the glaring skills gap that exists between the education system and the demands of the job market.…
9 Jun
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said mutually-reinforcing crises, including rising debt levels, are disproportionately affecting developing countries, worsening the global employment divide between high- and low-income countries.
7 Apr
Federal Government has urged states to lift embargo on employment of health workers to address manpower shortage in primary healthcare facilities across rural communities.
31 Jan
The global labour markets are facing serious, interlinked challenges, as issues such as growth in poverty, slowing employment, effects of inflation on wages and purchasing power, emerge as long-term structural challenges to demography, technology and climate change.
21 Sep 2022
This 21st Century is besieged by complex and conflicting socio-economic variables, disruptive innovations, technological advances, COVID-19 pandemic aftershocks, regional conflicts and political tensions.
14 Jun 2022
Participants at the just-concluded 110th International Labour Conference (ILC), held in Geneva, Switzerland, have recommended a framework for quality apprenticeships, discussions on employment policy
3 Jun 2022
I lack words to describe the gruesome murder of Fatima, a pregnant woman and her four children, five commercial bike riders and a suya vendor in Anambra State.
19 May 2022
n interior solutions provider, the Black Pelican Group (BPG), is providing employment opportunities to artisans and professionals, thereby, reducing the unemployment
20 Apr 2022
Akwa Ibom State Government has warned scammers of job seekers in the state to desist forthwith, saying it has put in place machinery to prosecute any person caught in such acts.
8 Mar 2022
Over a million Nigerian women from different walks of life will be out today to protest against rejected gender bills in the National Assembly. They will also be protesting against the denial of citizenship to the foreign-born husband of a Nigerian woman
24 Jan 2022
Sir: The traditional means of explaining a term is by painting a clear picture of the term. Tejuan Pettinger (2019) gave a classical definition that best captures the term, ‘‘unemployment as a situation where someone...
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that the military will flush out bandits and terrorists from the country.
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A has arrested Mr Felix Maiva, a wanted wildlife smuggler who, according to the agency, has been on the run since 2021. Maiva's arrest is a fallout of intense investigation and surveillance that followed the discovery of a 20 foot container found to contain 4,752kg of…
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As the United Nations General Assembly High-Level week proceeded last week, the idea of Africa as the next business frontier of the world resounded with glaring ardour. Even the very fact that New York where all of the world’s attention is turned to about this time every year is led by an African American is…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 29 September 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, is partnering with American University of Sharjah (AUS) to create an inter-college hackathon, empowering young people to develop new AI and crypto models. Dubbed the “CryptoAI BUILDER Challenge,” this initiative represents a milestone in the partnership between AUS and…
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The Nigerian Navy has arrested six impostors impersonating as Nigerian Navy personnel to engage in fraudulent activities.
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The Delta Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba on Friday affirmed Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected governor of Delta.
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Leaders and Elders Forum of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta have commended President Bola Tinubu over subsidy removal palliatives to the state and Nigeria at large. This is contained in a communique jointly signed by the forum’s Chairman, Chief Godwin Ogbetuo, and others at the end of its meeting on Friday in Asaba.…
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The Special Military Taskforce, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have arrested suspected killers of Na’aman Stephen, a Catholic seminarian. Capt. James Oya, the Media Officer of OPSH disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that gunmen…
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The wife of Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with "money laundering" and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after a coup toppled her husband. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, who is Franco-Gabonese, and one of the couple's sons have been accused by the coup leader of having pulled the…