Tag: Jobs
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Agriculture created six million jobs in two years – Ogbeh
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said on Monday that agriculture sector created six million jobs in the in the last two years. Ogbeh said this while analysing the achievements of his ministry and 2018 targets of the ministry at a strategy retreat in Abuja. The minister was reacting to reports…
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Over four million Nigerians lost their jobs in 2017 – NBS
Latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that a total of 4.07 million Nigerians lost their jobs between January and September 2017. The bureau in the report (for the third quarter), made released and made available to newsmen on Friday, stated that the number of Nigerians that became unemployed rose from…
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65 media workers killed doing their jobs in 2017- Report
Media freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders, said on Tuesday that 65 media workers around the world have been killed doing their jobs in 2017. The organisation said among the dead were 50 professional journalists, seven citizen journalists and eight other media workers. It said the five most dangerous countries were Syria, Mexico, Afghanistan, Iraq and…
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Intermodal transportation will reduce fares, create jobs – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi on Monday said the development of intermodal transportation would reduce fares and create more jobs in the country. Amaechi made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 15th National Council on Transportation in Sokoto. The minister, who was represented by Sabiu Zakari, the Permanent Secretary of the…
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FG to provide 200,000 jobs for artists
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…
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India Infosys plans to hire 10,000 U.S. workers
India’s U.S. based IT services firm, Infosys Ltd said late on Monday that it plans to hire 10,000 American workers in the next two years and open four technology centres in the United States, starting with a centre this August in Indiana, the home state of Vice President Mike Pence. The move comes at a…
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May Day: 21,000 AT&T Wireless workers could strike Monday
21,000 AT&T Wireless workers could go on an industrial strike action beginning Monday following a 72-hours ultimatum issued on Friday by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) to the company. The CWA union members have been working on a rolling extension of their previous labour contract since early February, according to a CNN report. The…
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Economic Recovery Plan will provide 15m jobs, 10 gigawatt of electricity – FG
The Federal Government on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the recently launched Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) will provide at least 15 million jobs by the year 2020. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, revealed this at a news conference on ERGP in Abuja. Udoma said that the implementation of…
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FG begins payment of N30,000 stipend to N-Power beneficiaries
The Federal Government has started the payment of the N30, 000 monthly stipends for beneficiaries of the N-Power scheme -the job creation programme of the Buhari presidency. The N-Power programme is designed to engage the teeming and massive numbers of unemployed Nigerian graduates from tertiary institutions across the country. The Senior Special Assistant, Media and…
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1.7 million Nigerians lost their jobs in nine months —NBS
…as number of unemployed Nigerians rose from 9.48million in January to 11.9million by September A report by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS has shown that about 1.7million Nigerians lost their jobs in nine months. The unemployment report, which was released on Friday, covered January to September this year. Specifically, the report showed that…