President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has expressed concern that out of 38.2 million youths component of the labour force in the country, 15.2 million are either seeking employment or out of job. Saraki expressed this concern at a Public Hearing on Youth Development and Empowerment on Monday in Abuja. He said that the
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has predicted what may be Nigeria’s condition by the year 2040. Obasanjo said the country’s growing population will either be beneficial or disastrous depending on how leaders were able to make the country self-sufficient in education, food, employment and housing. He said with the available potentials available in the country, Nigeria
India has slapped a nationwide ban on television ads for condoms during prime time hours, citing rules prohibiting “vulgar” content and concerns over children viewing salacious material. The information and broadcasting ministry ordered India’s estimated 900 television channels to restrict condom commercials to between 10pm and 6am, threatening repercussions if the ads fall outside graveyard
A renowned Nollywood actor, Chief Obi Okoli, has called for the establishment of a film village in Anambra to launch the state among the frontline states where movies were made. He said situating a film village in Anambra, the flagship of the south-east, would go a long way in creating more employment for the teeming
Oyo State Government at the weekend disclosed that necessary arrangements are being put in place to generate more electricity through the Independent Power Project (IPP), saying that it has sought the approval of the National Energy Regulation Commission (NERC) to generate 2000Mw embedded power. The Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr. Wasiu Dauda made the
The Kwara State House of Assembly, has directed that the new state Community Health Insurance Agency, be moved from the Governor’s Office , to the supervision of the Ministry of Health, as stated in the law recently assented to, by the State Governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed. The House gave the directive in Ilorin, during the Ministerial
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has said that the Federal Government cannot ignore the potentials of the Aba entrepreneurs due to their contributions to Nigeria’s diversification drive from oil to manufacturing. The governor was speaking at the 2017 Nigeria Entrepreneurs Award in Abuja where Abia State bagged the Investor Friendly State of the Year.
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that the audit committee on recovery of assets probe the administrations of former presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo, Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan. SERAP, in a letter to Buhari, titled “welcoming the inauguration of the Audit Committee on the Recovery and Management of
An Ndi-Igbo Group, Orlu Gburugburu Cultural Union of Nigeria has called on Southeast states governors and parents, to ensure compulsory teaching and learning of the Igbo language to preserve Igbo cultural heritages. Chief Nwokedi Orabuchi, chairman of group, spoke at the group’s End of the Year Get Together and Award Presentation in Kirikiri Town, Lagos.
A Non-Governmental Organisation,non-political organizations comprising of eminent concerned Nigerians at home and abroad, the Nigerians Movements for Positive Change (NMPC) at the weekend held a peaceful protest tagged National Anti-Slavery march to the Libyan embassy in London. Members of the NMPC in conjunction with some organizations that shares its vision thronged the embassy in the