Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified unemployment as the major reason for the rising spate of criminal activities like banditry and kidnapping in Nigeria. OBJ who...
A recently released report on world poverty index has revealed that almost 12 percent of people living in abject poverty are to be found in Nigeria,...
The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, announced this on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York....
A new report released by the World of Statistics has revealed that Nigeria is now the leading country in the world in terms of unemployment rate....
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced plans to adjust the methodology used in calculating unemployment figures in Nigeria. The Statistician-General of the Federation/CEO of...
The Industrial Training Fund has stated that Nigeria’s unemployment and underemployment rates have been rising daily and that this is a ticking time bomb that needs...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said on Thursday many youths in Nigeria are currently unemployed because of lack of functional skills. The minister...
In twelve months, Point of Sales (POS) operators transacted N6.43 trillion through their terminals, as insecurity, unemployment, and other factors compel adoption of the payment channel...
Claim Viral post berates wealthy Nigerians buying private jets over creating jobs Conclusion Although the post is an opinion which does not require a fact check,...
The former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, has blamed poor leadership as the cause of the high poverty, unemployment, and insecurity...
The Nigerian government has disclosed plans to change the way the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) calculates unemployment figures in the country. President Muhammudu Buhari, Senior...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, cost 20 percent of Nigeria’s full-time workforce their jobs. This...
[responsivevoice_button voice=”UK English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, has lamented that there is widespread unemployment among the citizenry...
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, on Sunday decried the worsening insecurity and poor state of the Nigerian economy. Falae,...
Claim: Nigeria’s unemployment rate in 2020 was 32.5% and poverty rate in 2021 is 40% Verdict: According to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, the fourth quarter...
With spiralling unemployment amongst youths in the country, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has disclosed that entrepreneurship and acquiring of vocational...
Several parts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was on lockdown on Monday, leading to serious traffic congestion as protesters under the aegies #BuhariMustGo took...
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has disclosed that there is a need to revisit the curriculum of Nigerian universities to give priority to technical education....
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The pace of Africa’s economic growth is insufficient to produce the one million new jobs a month to match the labour demands of young people. This...
A Senior Special Assistant to the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun was arrested last weekend at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York by federal agents...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has revealed that the escalating rate of insecurity in the country is caused by the high rate of youth unemployment. Atiku...
Dr Timothy Olawale, Director-General, Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has expressed concern of the association, at the growing unemployment rate, as released by the National Bureau...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a scathing critique of the Federal Government over what it said was its deceit about employment and job creation...
As Nigeria continues to struggle with high unemployment and poverty rates, aggravated by the public health challenges from COVID-19, experts in the country’s business sector have...
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has finally signed the controversial Covid-19 relief and spending package bill into law, thereby averting a partial government...
Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market to the mainstream...
Nigeria’s unemployment rate is seen climbing to 30% by the end of the year as the pace of economic growth in Africa’s biggest economy slows further....
At the inception, the introduction of N-Power scheme stands out as one of the best policies of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari with a...
Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market, mainstream business activities...
Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose to 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 from the 23.1 per cent recorded in Q3 2018, the National Bureau...
The Consumer Expectations Survey Report (CES) of the central bank for the first quarter of this year suggests that individual Nigerians as well as businesses are...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a total failure. He said Buhari should either “act now or...
It was out of the lofty dream of placing Nigeria among the top 20 global economies that the administration of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua launched...
The Senate on Wednesday urged the federal, state and local governments to declare emergency on unemployment across the country. The call followed the adoption of a...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday raised the alarm over the unemployment situation in Nigeria, which it said was frightening and could become catastrophic if...
The economic situation we find ourselves today is dire. Unemployment ramping up with an estimated three million people losing their jobs since the advent of this...
A corporate narrative on how tech, like a lady, seductively gained entrance into Africa’s largest economy; romanced with the youth; and got a handsome number of...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, confessed on Monday that unemployment in Nigeria was growing into a “very vicious disease condition” and that...
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday expressed concern over the level at which participatory democracy had been haunted by illiteracy, poverty and unemployment in the...
Nearly six of ten computer accessories in a typical Nigeria retail store is a fake product. The American financial and business news portal, Business Insider, confirmed this in a report stating that 20 out of...
Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Joseph Ari on Thursday said the number of unemployed Nigerians rose from 17.6 to 20.9 million between the last...
President Muhammadu Buhari, reacting to the spate of kidnappings across the country, has said the lack of jobs for the youths has made kidnapping a new...
Nigeria’s dependence on the oil sector as its major source of foreign exchange earnings was responsible for the country’s high unemployment rate, a former United Nations...
The National Bureau of Statistics has said unemployment is the major problem confronting the nation and not corruption as speculated. The bureau stated that Nigerians believe...
Concerned over the alarming rate of unemployment in the country, the President of Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), Comrade Oyinkansola...
About 4.08 million Nigerians were either thrown into the unemployment market, or were underemployed in 2016, according to a report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, on Thursday, said the Federal Government has chanelled over 80% of the N247bn so far released for...
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has approved the sum of N3 million loan for each beneficiary of the Youth Innovative Entrepreneurship Development Programme, YIEDP. This,...
Thousands of protesters who thronged the streets of Kasserine province in Tunisia demanding jobs were met with tear gas from local police who tried to disperse...
In from Ali Smart The Director General, Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Juliet Chukkas Oneako has raised the alarm that the few industries available can hardly accommodate...
