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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has restated that its recruitment exercise is free of charge and warned applicants against the activities of fraudsters promising employment for a fee. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola while noting that the service is making efforts to apprehend the …

The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), on Friday said that it does not fund political activities under any guise, but only grant loans to support export-oriented projects in the country. Ms Lohya Mamven, Corporate Communications Department, NEXIM Bank said this in a statement issued in Abuja. Mamven said that the explanation …

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in collaboration with the World Bank had trained 1000 youths in Gombe in various skills. Malam Hassan Mustapha, Gombe State Coordinator of the NDE, told newsmen that the training, tagged Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO), was on skills such as Tailoring, Hairdressing, …

23,000 vulnerable women and youths from  23 local government areas in Kaduna State will be recruited for jobs under the Special Public Works Programme. Arewa Trust Weekly gathered that each local government area of the state is expected to submit 1000 names which include 800 unskilled persons and 200 among …

The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) is to lose nothing less than 15,000 workers due to the recent take over of its primary duty to produce and issue stamp by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). To this end, the workers have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike; threatening to withdraw …

A section of the media was awash last week with news of a whistleblower, one John Okupurhe, who had written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari accusing the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), of refusing to pay him his reward after he had exposed over $1 billion hidden …

As domestic flights resume in Nigeria today, a low turnout of passengers has been witnessed at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. Photos shared online showed scanty departure halls with a low number of passengers coming in for security and health checks. The …

Newsextra24 reports that Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, has apologised to Senate President Ahmad Lawan over the uproar caused by Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, regarding the recruitment of 774,000 persons. Last week, Keyamo had a shouting match with some senators and house of …

A coalition of Northern Youth Organizations has condemned the increase of the pump price of petrol to N143 per litre. The group is demanding for the immediate reversal of the new pump price. Addressing a joint news conference in Kaduna, National President of Northern Youth Council , Isah Abubakar and …

Festus Keyamo, SAN, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has revealed that the sum N52 billion has been appropriated for the Federal Government’s proposed 774,000 jobs. He said that each beneficiary of the new job scheme will be paid N60,000 monthly, adding that the sum of N46.44 billion has been …