Tag: Job

  • Suffering is part of my job, Arsene Wenger declares

    Suffering is part of my job, Arsene Wenger declares

    Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says suffering is all part of being a manager and admits he has had his fair share of late. Yet the smile returned to the Frenchman’s face on Friday after his side snapped a four-match losing streak to beat AC Milan 2-0 in the San Siro the previous evening. Arsenal closed…

  • FG inaugurates National Employment Council

    The Federal Government has inaugurated the National Employment Council to curb the menace of rising unemployment in the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while inaugurating the National Employment Council and unveiling the revised National Employment Policy on Thursday in Abuja. According to Ngige, there is need for a shift…

  • Africa can create jobs with sports – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called on African leaders to exploit the potentials of sports to create job and promote peaceful coexistence. Buhari, represented by Solomon Dalung, Minister of Sports and Youth Development, stated this at the opening ceremony of the United World Wresting African Championships in Port Harcourt. He said that sports could also…

  • FRSC disowns online job advertisements

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has dissociated itself from online sites allegedly advertising application forms for vacant positions in the organisation. The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja that the advertisements did not emanate from FRSC. Kazeem stated that “the corps’ attention has been drawn…

  • Gov. Okowa grants 78 Libyan returnees automatic job placement

    The Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has absorbed at least 78 Libyan returnees, who are indigenes of state, into the state’s job and wealth creation skill acquisition and empowerment programme. The returnees, who were between the ages of 18 and 28, described their ordeal in the drylands of Kano to Niger republic to…

  • Nigeria must create four million jobs annually – Ambode

    Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday said for the country to meet its growth ambitions and achieve full economic potential, efforts must be made to create at least four million jobs annually. Speaking at the opening session of the 9th Annual Bankers’ Committee Retreat of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Ikeja, Lagos,…

  • 300 graduates dump Ganduje’s job over meager N35,000 salary

    About 300 graduates on the payroll of the Kano State Internal Revenue Service have dumped their appointments as revenue collectors due to the paltry thirty five thousand Naira (N35,000) they receive as salaries. TheNewsGuru.com reports that this is coming barely three months after their employment. The KIRS had recruited a total of 765 graduates as…

  • Killing me softly – by Femi Aribisala

    By Femi Aribisala Something terrible happened to Mr. Job. Something happened that made him despair for life. Most people celebrate their birthday, but Job cursed the day of his birth. He wished he had never been born. Job longed for the peace of death: “Let the day of my birth be cursed,” he said, “and…

  • ‘FG to provide 200,000 jobs…’

    ‘FG to provide 200,000 jobs…’

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says over 200,000 jobs will be created with the N300 million credit facility provided by the Bank of Industry (BOI), for artists. The minister made the disclosure at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), between BOI and the National Council for Arts and Culture…