By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government on Thursday unveiled plans to generate 15,000 jobs annually through the advancement of vocational and technical training to cushion the impact COVID-19 on the socio-economic activities of the state. It also reiterated its determination to revamp industrial development, technical and vocational centres in the state to further […]

…To revive 6 motor plants for 50,000 tractors assembling in 6 geopolitical zones … 632 mech centres to back 774 LGAs production centres, 142 agro-processing centres in Sen districts …To empower 35 million Nigerians, engage 100,000 extension workers By Soni Daniel The Federal Government on Thursday rolled out details of its ambitious agricultural programme, which […]

With the rampaging COVID-19, job insecurity, unpaid wages among others, are major issues that Organised Labour is contending with.

Roughly 2.1 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign that companies are still slashing jobs in the face of a deep recession even as more businesses reopen and rehire some laid-off employees. About 41 million people have now applied for aid since the virus outbreak intensified in March, though not all […]

Rolls-Royce, the British maker of plane engines, said Wednesday it will cut at least 9,000 jobs and slash costs elsewhere, as the coronavirus slams the aviation sector. “This is not a crisis of our making. But it is the crisis that we face and we must deal with it,” chief executive Warren East said in […]

By Kingsley Omonobi The African Centre for Global  Entrepreneural Leadership, ACGEL, on Friday, said it is partnering with the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, to create 60,000 jobs for Nigerians as part of an intervention plan designed to cushion the effect of job losses occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aside the NDE, other partners are […]

By Clifford Ndujihe BARRING any further delay, 774,000 successful candidates for the Federal Government’s Special Public Works Programme, will resume duties in six months time, Festus Keyamo revealed. The country’s 774 local councils will contribute 1,000 persons each to be engaged for a period of 90 days. To fast track the programme, the Minister of […]

There were widespread fears of imminent job cuts in the public sector yesterday as President Muhammadu Buhari, in response to COVID-19 realities, approved  implementation of a report submitted by the Stephen Oransaye Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalization of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies during the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

 Since many Nigerians today are either looking for a job or trying to start a business in order to achieve same objective of being able to provide for themselves and families, I will be discussing the two subjects together.  As I discuss the subject, I will also highlighting specific examples of channels that job seekers, […]

The Director-General of National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Kashifu Abdullahi, has said Nigerian youths remain indispensable stakeholders in the journey towards a digital economy.

FORMER Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi’s call for prayers for our unemployed youths is not the answer to the dire situation the idle young people of our country are facing. Obi had tweeted on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at the onset of this year’s 40-day Lenten period observed by most Christian groups towards […]

Kebbi State Government has restated its commitment to creating more jobs and wealth through partnership, investment and industrialisation in the state.

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) said that at the end of the first half of 2019, an estimated 1,644,392 historical cumulative jobs had over time been created by the sector. The Association made the disclosure in Executive Summary of the economic review for the first half of 2019 made available to newsmen on Friday […]

Western Lotto Nigeria Ltd has said it is seeking to employ 20,000 youths as Point of Sales Officers in 18 states across the country. The company said in a statement that this was part of its initiative to boost job creation, empowerment and productive engagement of young people. Applicants are expected to have a minimum […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says its unconventional monetary policies have supported the creation of over 2.5 million jobs across the agricultural value chain. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele made this known in a keynote address he delivered at the 28th Annual Seminar for Finance Correspondents and Business Editors held in Owerri on […]