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 Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources says the implementation of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) will create 12 million direct and indirect jobs across the country. A statement issued on Tuesday by Mr Justice Derefaka, Technical Adviser  on Gas Business and Policy Implementation to the Minister,...

  Imo State highest with 48.7%, Anambra lowest with 13.1%   The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday released unemployment figures showing that 27.1 per cent of able-bodied and willing-to-work Nigerians were unemployed as at second quarter of 2020. The figure of unemployed Nigerians was 23.1 per cent when...

Workers in the telecommunications sector on Tuesday gave a 14-day ultimatum to MTN Nigeria, to address unfair labour practices in the company to avoid action capable of disrupting its services. The workers, under the aegis of Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) gave the ultimatum at...

The Dangote Refinery Group on Monday flagged-off a six months skills acquisition programme for 200 youths in Ibeju-Lekki Community in Lekki Free Trade Zone, to curb unemployment in Lagos State. The training, which is being conducted in collaboration with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), was flagged-off by Dangote Group...

Bristow Helicopters has announced the sack of over 100 pilots and engineers in its employment. The aviation company also said it had engaged with the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) to negotiate a fair and equitable redundancy compensation for those affected. Bristow in a statement signed by...

The World Bank on Thursday said that abour 42 per cent of the Nigeria’s workforce lost their jobs between March and June this year following the shutdown of the economy in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak. Ahmed Rostom, Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank, made the disclosure at the...

About 4.48 million applications have been received in the online portal for the recruitment of the third batch of N-Power enrolees. The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development commenced the enrolment process of the third batch of the N-Power beneficiaries on 26th June 2020. Sixteen days...

…As Lawan voids implementation efforts by Ministry The Minister of Labour, Productivity and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has apologized to the leadership of the National Assembly over last week’s face-off between the Minister of State For Labour, Festus Keyamo and the joint Senate and House Committees on Labour, Productivity and...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that 42 per cent of the respondents to its survey on the newly released COVID-19 Impact Monitoring report were not currently working due to the coronavirus outbreak. NBS noted that the survey was carried out from 20th April to 11th May...

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige says there will be consequences if the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) refuse government’s overture to return to the negotiating table. Ngige disclosed this on Sunday in a statement signed by his media aide, Emmanuel Nzomiwu, in Enugu. The statement said...