Tag: Job
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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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42% of jobs lost to COVID-19 – World Bank chief
ALMOST half of those employed have lost their jobs due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Bank has said. The bank put the percentage of individuals who were working before March, but now out of employment at 42. Its Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Ahmed Rostom, shared the information in a data during a Development Bank…
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APC condemns exclusion of members in committee for FG’s job
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State has raised concern over the composition of a committee set up to recruit 10,00 youths by Federal Government in each local government in the state. Some APC chieftains, in a petition, addressed to the Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, and made available to newsmen on Sunday…
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Ngige to Nigerian workers: Your jobs are safe despite COVID-19 pandemic
The Federal Government says it will work to ensure that there are no job losses arising from the extreme effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the economy. The Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, said this on Thursday in his May Day message released by his media aide, Mr Emmanuel Nzomiwu. Ngige said that…
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Over 100 million Nigerian youths lack decent jobs – FG
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said, at least, 100 million of its population are without decent jobs. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this while speaking at the 2019 National Migration Dialogue at the State House on Tuesday. While lamenting that the government was worried about the rate at which Nigerian…
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Immigration disowns fake job website, says it is not recruiting
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it is not recruiting, contrary to information on “some fake dedicated website”. NIS Comptroller-General, Mr Muhammad Babandede said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday and signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, Mr Sunday James. “The attention of the Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr…
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Job Creation: Obaseki assures Edo youths of preference in new economic order
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured qualified youths in the state of preferential treatment in the new economic order taking shape in the state. TheNewsGuru reports Obaseki gave the assurance during the courtesy visit by the Association of Esan Professionals (AEP), at Government House, in Benin City. He said that youths sponsored by…
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NBS Boss gets dirty with Reno Omokri over new NBS job report
If the Statistician General of the Federation and CEO of the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Dr. Yemi Kale and Reno Omokri met in real life over discourse on a supposedly new NBS job report, they could have actually thrown physical punches. TheNewsGuru reports, however, the punches are being thrown on Twitter after Reno…
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Delta state govt to legislate on job creation programmes
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa said his government is collaborating with the State House of Assembly to institutionalize the job and wealth creation scheme of his administration. Governor Okowa made the disclosure at the induction ceremony for the 2017/2018 beneficiaries of the state government’s job creation programme, the Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) and…
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Nigerian Prisons Service recruitment 2018 is on, apply now
Nigerian Prisons Service website the recruitment exercise will start from April 30 and end on June 11. Interested applicants should read the following guide to successfully apply: Nigerian Prisons service recruitment 2018/2019 | Application Registration Form is Here at (Nigerian Prison service portal – NPS) Prisons.gov.ng, or recruit.prisonsportal.com.ng/recruit for Nigerian Prisons service recruitment guide. This…