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The United Nations General Assembly, in 2014, declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day. The declaration was meant to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. Since then, World Youth Skills Day has provided a unique opportunity for dialogue between …

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has said it will embark on nationwide public demonstration over federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, imbroglio. Recall that ASUU on February 14, 2022, shut down public universities over the inability of the federal government to implement agreements the two parties entered into …

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) Academic and Non Academic Staff Unions in the tertiary institutions of Bauchi State on Friday announced a 14-day warning strike beginning on July 19, 2022, to bring the government’s attention to the justifiable demands of their members. This is stated in a statement given to …

Nigeria’s inflation rate in the month of June 2022 increased to 18.60 percent on a year-on-year basis. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed in its Consumer Price Index June 2022 report. The recorded increase in June is 0.84 percent points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2021, which …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, on Thursday said the union was not aware of the N1.2tn that the Federal Government said it would need to meet its members’ demands. He also accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, of misinforming President Muhammadu …

The federal government has debunked reports about Nigeria’s disregard for the World Bank Disclosure Rule and borrowing loans. The Debt Management Office (DMO) issued a statement on Thursday refuting the allegation. The DMO, led by Patience Oniha, said reports that the World Bank blamed Nigeria on the disclosure rule was false. …

MultiChoice, a South African company, has been ordered by the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt to sublicense some of its channels to Metro Digital. Metro Digital sued the operators of DStv and Gotv in Nigeria, citing the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) code. Co-defendants were the NBC and the Federal …

An officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has been caught extorting passport applicants at the Alausa Passport Office, Lagos State on Wednesday. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who paid a surprise visit to the passport office, caught the officer (name not given) in the act. Media adviser to the …

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, said, the state is considering employing more forest guards apart of measures to make forests in uninhabitable for kidnappers and bandits and as well check illegal logging activities. The governor said “as part of our strategies, we are giving license to loggers to fell …

Upon the effluxion of the amnesty provided by the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Joint Tax Board (JTB) in collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) would immediately commence a “full scale …