Tag: Employment
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Dangote refinery to expand employment capacity by 17,000
Dangote refinery to expand employment capacity by 17,000
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Why we placed embargo on employment – FG
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has explained why the Federal Government placed an embargo on employment into Federal Civil Service The Minister said it was because the economy was not in good shape. Ngige, who is a member of the Federal Cabinet Committee for Economic Recovery and Economic Sustainability Committee, stated the…
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Fake Customs officer found guilty of empoyment scam bags 20-year jail term
Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday sentenced a fake Customs officer, Yakubu Azeez Afolayan, to 20-year imprisonment, having found him guilty of offences bordering on impersonation and employment scam. The 34-year-old Afolayan from Saare in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State was arraigned on a four-count charge…
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Children of Avwiorovwe – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido Avwiorovwe is what the Urhobos call the least favoured wife in a polygamous marriage. The favourite wife is amebo. The amebocould take over the husband’s bedroom two out of three months, while the other four wives shared the remaining one month. Children of amebo could get away with murder, while children of…
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COVID-19: 39.4m Nigerians may lose jobs before 2020 ends – Osinbajo
About 39.4 million Nigerians, representing some 33.6% of the population may be left without jobs by the end of 2020, as a result of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic. This was part of the ramifications envisaged by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN)-led Economic Sustainability Committee (EAC) in its Action Plan, submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Professional Competence, Transparency, Accountability, National Spread Bases for Employment into NNPC – Management
The Nigerian National Corporation (NNPC) has explained the parametres for employment as well as career progression in the corporation, using the recently concluded Graduate Trainee employment process as well as top Management promotion exercise executed by the corporation as an illustration. The National Oil company says unblemished academic competence, logical thinking, ability to engage meaningfully…
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Presidency clears air on Buhari’s daughter’s ‘fraudulent employment’ at PPPRA
The presidency on Wednesday described as Fake News an online report that Zahra, daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, has fraudulently secured a job with the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). A statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said the report was fake. “While Zahra, just like…
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Face your studies, graduate with good grades before demanding employment, NNPC tells NANS
…Says no discrimination in recruitment process Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified that there was no discrimination in the various requirements in the corporation’s recruitment process. Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division disclosed this on Monday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The…
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Reps pass bill to remove age barriers in employment
A Bill seeking to remove discrimination in employment on the basis of age of applicant yesterday passed second reading in the House of Representatives. Consequent upon this the Federal Government is urged to remove the all barriers placed on employment of citizens of Nigeria in Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the government MDAs This Bill…
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Okowa calls for engagement of youths to check restiveness
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has called for spirited efforts to get youths engaged in order to check restiveness and criminality in the country. Governor Okowa made the call on Wednesday in Asaba when he received a team of World Bank, European Union and Federal Government officials. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the officials were in the…