The Federal Government has unveiled the Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Incubation Certification programme in 14 universities, with plans to expand it to all federal universities by 2027 and all federal tertiary institutions by…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Bola Tinubu’s New Year message “offers no hope in sight” for Nigerians. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, described the president’s New Year speech…
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024. In a report on Monday, the NBS said the unemployment rate decreased compared to the 5.3 percent recorded in Q1…
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The National Bureau of Statistics has said the unemployment rate in Nigeria stood at 5.4 per cent in 2023. At the state level, Abia State recorded the highest unemployment rate at 18.7 per cent, while Nasarawa had the lowest rate at 0.5…
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By a layman definition, poverty is a situation in which an individual’s or family’s resources are insufficient to provide a socially acceptable level of life. While poverty exists in every country of the world, the rate differs from…
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The governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has said tackling unemployment is not on the front burner of his administration.  The governor made this known during the monthly interactive session with the media on Thursday in Umuahia. He…
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The  President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr Akinwumi Adesina, has identified youth unemployment and poverty as the factors driving insecurity and migration on the continent.Adesina, in a statement issued by the bank on…
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Dr. Yemi Kale, a former Statistician-General of the Federation/Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has criticized the methodology used in calculating Nigeria’s unemployment rate from 20 hours to one hour per…
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Nigeria’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, from 5.3 percent recorded in the previous quarter., the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says. In the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, the bureau had…
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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says poverty and unemployment are no justification for involvement in computer-related frauds. The Commission’s Spokesperson, Wilson…
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