By Esther Agbo Despite efforts to stabilise the job market, Nigeria’s latest unemployment figures reveal lingering concerns, particularly for youth engagement and rural job creation. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report released recently, the national unemployment rate…
In continued efforts to rid the state of miscreants, touts and street urchins, the Lagos State Taskforce has arrested 88 suspected miscreants and criminals in two separate operations. The Chairman of the Taskforce, CSP Adetayo Akerele, made this known in…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said governors from southern Nigeria are ready to work with their traditional rulers to foster peace, unity, and engender development in the region. Governor Abiodun made the declaration on Tuesday when he received…
By Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has inaugurated an 18-member committee to prepare its 2025 budget proposals, aiming to align its budget cycle with the national budget. During the ceremony at the NDDC Headquarters in…
Some Electricity Consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried the transfer of their tariff to Band A while they were not having 20 hours power supply. In separate interviews with newsmen on Tuesday, the consumers who reside in…
President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to confirm Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). This request was made in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during Tuesday’s plenary session. Kekere-Ekun has been serving…
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo In bid to cushion the effects of high transportation costs, Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved working days for various categories of civil servants and an extension of payment of palliatives. The rescheduled working days…
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Musa Aliyu, has reaffirmed the commission’s commitment to tackling corruption in the basic education sector. Aliyu said this at a three-day capacity-building workshop for State Universal Basic…
The National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) says the unemployment rate in Nigeria stood at 5.4 per cent in 2023. At the state level, Abia recorded the highest unemployment rate at 18.7 per cent, while Nasarawa had the lowest rate at 0.5…
Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has officially launched the distribution of relief materials to victims of the Maiduguri flood, which had impacted nearly two million people. The flood, caused by an overflow from Alau Dam, inflicted severe damage on homes…
