Renewable energy is moving faster across the globe and the International Energy Agency (IEA), has shown its capacity to account for over 90% global electricity and to expand the capacity in the next five years. HELEN OJI reports. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Renewables Outlook says renewable energy is the way to go, noting that renewables are set to account Read More
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says its highlights of the 2022 Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) survey revealed that 63 per cent or 133 million of persons living within Nigeria are multi-dimensionally poor. The national MPI is 0.257, indicating that poor people in Nigeria experience just over one-quarter of all possible deprivations. Semiu Adeniran, Statistician General of the Federation and Read More
In an effort to reduce unemployment, the United Kingdom has announced an opportunity for qualified Nigerian teachers to relocate to the country. This development is as a result of Nigeria inclusion among African countries whose citizens can now apply for qualified teacher status through the Teaching Regulation Agency in the United Kingdom, from February 2023. Other foreign countries which the offer Read More
Speaker, Nasarawa state House of Assembly, Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, has expressed optimism that the candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC) would come out victorious in the 2023 general elections. He stated this while inaugurating his 60- man third term campaign team in Umaisha, Toto LGA of Nasarawa state Tuesday. “I am here to officially inaugurate my third term campaign Read More
In an effort to get rid of 18 million rats, the New York City is looking to employ experts rat terminator. It was estimated in 2014 that for every person in New York there were two rats, meaning the vermin population now stands at approximately 18m. The government of NYC is looking to hire a Director of Rodent Migration and are willing to Read More
The vice chancellor of Federal University Lokoja (FUL) , Professor Olayemi Akunwumi, has charged the newly admitted students of the institution to register for a vocational skill alongside their course of study. He assured that the students will be certificated at the end of third year. Professor Akunwumi gave the charge in his address at the matriculation ceremony of the Read More
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Thursday in Ilorin said he has set aside US10 billion to create jobs for women and youth if elected in 2023. “I have set aside in my programme, US10 billion to make youth and women get emeployment,” Atiku said. He said the Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) will Read More
Plans are on by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) to develop diaspora smart city in Kabusu district area of Abuja. The Diaspora Smart City is located in Kabusu village after Mpape, a community in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), with about 700 hectares of land which 17,000 is designed so far. Speaking during the suppervision of the project site, Read More
Since becoming accessible to the general populace in the early 90s, the internet has connected people in ways that were previously thought of as impossible. The more people started using the internet, the more digital entrepreneurship became a thing. Contributions to economic growth In a study done by Forbes in 2021, digital entrepreneurs were valued at $20 billion with estimations Read More
American e-commerce giant Amazon has started hiring employees for its soon-to-be-opened Nigerian branch. Advertising various openings on LinkedIn, the U.S. e-commerce giant enlisted vacancies for enterprise account managers, start-up segment leader, senior partners sales manager, among others. American e-commerce company will begin operations in Nigeria in 2023 as part of its plans to expand to five more African, South American, Read More
A good percentage of conversations among employees today is centered around the work environment, hostile superiors, and general satisfaction in the workspace. It is said that employees worldwide only care only about their welfare, this includes timely payment of salaries and allowances, a friendly work environment, personal development, and an overall wellbeing on the job, while employers on the other Read More
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced recruitment into its various vacant positions The examination board made this known in a statement via it’s official Twitter handle. WAEC advised all interested applicants to visit https://recruitment.waec.com.ng, adding that application closes June 7th, 2022. According to the statement, “The West African Examinations Council is calling on applicants to fill in vacant Read More
The Federal Government has set up an online youth initiative known as the Nigeria Youth Online Assembly (NOYA), to empower the youth through timely dissemination of Information on career enhancing, trainings, job and employment placement opportunities viaa unified platform so as to boost youth employment in the country. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, while declaring Read More
Despite its political independence from Great Britain on October 1, 1960 as well as the rich and abundant human and material resources, Nigeria has been struggling hard to become a force to be reckoned with among comity of nations. To move forward, the country needs to take a look at some salient issues, which were brought to the fore by Read More
It has emerged that financial services within Nigeria’s digital economy could add $88 billion and create over three million new jobs over the next 10 years. This comes as Ministers from developing countries namely Nigeria, Mexico, Kenya, Argentina, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, Chile, Costa Rica and Pakistan under the auspices of Friends of E-Commerce for Development (FED) resolved to put Read More
The forum of Executive Directors of Civil Society Organizations in Bauchi state has called on the state government to as a matter of urgency lift the embargo on employment, particularly critical sectors of health and education. Chairman of the forum, Sodangi Chindo, made the call at a press conference held at the NUJ press center in Bauchi as part of Read More
The Senate Wednesday alleged that high scale secret employment is ongoing in the civil service despite claims that the federal government placed embargo on job placements. Irked by the development , the chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs , Senator Danjuma La’ah, challenged heads of the various agencies to produce the circular embargoing employments in the country. Read More
The federal government has expressed readiness to implement the law mandating Five per cent of jobs at both private and public sectors are allocated to people living with disabilities. Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, who made this disclosure weekend in Abuja said his ministry will issue circular to all the ministries and parastatals by next week. Already, Read More
As a result of the housing deficit faced by Nigerians, a real estate firm, Gtext Homes, has moved to build 25,000 housing units in different states across the country and abroad. However, to achieve the objectives of its establishment, while marking its sixth anniversary, the real estate firm, which is a subsidiary of Gtext Global, has solicited for partnership and Read More
The Witness, a credible Nigerian newspaper in digital and print formats, is set to launch a non-governmental organization, ‘The Witness Newspaper Foundation’, in commemoration of its fourth year anniversary. The event is billed to hold on Sunday, October 24th, 2021, at the prestigious Lagos Continental Hotel (formerly Intercontinental Hotel), Victoria Island, Lagos. A statement on Monday by the managing director of the newspaper, Read More
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state Wednesday encouraged the youth to undertake various artisanship training in order to create employment and wealth for themselves. Ortom gave the advice during an interactive forum organised by Industrial Training Fund (ITF) for stakeholders at the Makurdi area office.The governor said acquisition of skills in artisanship was the most certain way that could help Read More
The National Association of Parents/Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), has rejected the federal government policies on education, particularly the elongation of service years and payment of stipends to students reading education in higher institutions. The National Publicity Secretary of NAPTAN, Dr. Ekundayo Ademola, in a statement made available to our correspondent Sunday, warned the federal government of Nigeria not to Read More
One of Nigeria’s lenders, Fidelity Bank Plc has reiterated its commitment to strengthening Nigeria’s non-oil export sector with the commencement of its Export Management Programme (EMP). It would be recalled that the bank in 2016, in partnership with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and the Pan-African University (PAU) launched the Export Management Programme (EMP). The programme, which is scheduled Read More
The Nike Diocese (Anglican Communion) has announced that the third session of her 5th Synod shall hold from Thursday, October 14, 2021, to Sunday, October 17, 2021, at St. Peter’s Church, Thinker’s Corner, Enugu, Enugu State. According to a statement signed by the Bishop, the Rt. Rev’d. Dr. Christian Onyeka Onyia, as a religious and social organization, the church has Read More
The National Institute for Animal Science (NIAS) has embarked on moves to bridge the gap of inadequate graduates for livestock management in the country. The Registrar of NIAS Professor Eustace Iyayi during a Validation of National Occupational Standard (NOS) for Poultry and Feed Mill Industry, lamented that the annual student admission and retention into tertiary institutions is inadequate. He said Read More
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