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OCP Africa, a global leader in the production and exportation of phosphate-based fertilizer, in its avowed commitment to support the development of Nigeria’s agricultural ecosystem has partnered with research institutions in Nigeria to grow wheat production by developing a specialized fertilizer for wheat. It said the partnership with The Lake …

Africa’s biggest economy is also one of its sickest. Nigeria, home to the world’s largest number of extremely poor people, looks set to break another record: the highest jobless rate. A third of the labor force is without employment or working only a few hours a week — second only …

Some Nigerian soldiers on Thursday protested against the non-payment of allowances and poor equipment, Newsextra24 reported. The aggrieved troops, according to sources at the Maimalari barracks, besieged the headquarters of the Theatre Command in Borno State, shooting sporadically into the air on Thursday night. Sources said the troops of an …

OCP Africa, a global leader in the production and exportation of phosphate-based fertilizer, has partnered with the Nigerian Institute of Soil Science (NISS), on a capacity-building initiative to combat problematic soil in the country. This, as it said providing solutions to one of the farmer’s age-long menace will ensure food …

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi, at the weekend tasked Nigerian youths to forget about government jobs which according to him, add no profit to their destiny. Umahi made this known while addressing the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, during the 65th emergency senate meeting that took …

This came barely 24 hours after their member, Frank Onwuachi, who was abducted by gunmen was found dead. Lawyers in Anambra State have declared a three-day strike, starting from Monday, over insecurity in the state . This came barely 24 hours after their member, Frank Onwuachi, who was abducted by …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has declared a nationwide strike from April 6, 2021 over alleged ‘’culture of neglect by government on issues affecting the technological education sub sector.’’ ASUP President, Anderson U Ezeibe, told reporters at the end of the 99th meeting of the National Executive Council …

There was a clash between Muslim and Christian faithful on Wednesday in Ilorin after the Kwara State Government reopened 10 schools shut over hijab (Islamic headscarf) controversy. It was learned that students wearing hijab were disallowed from entering Baptist School, Surulere by some protesting Christians. An eyewitness told our correspondent …

Imo State had the highest percentage of unemployed people in Nigeria in the fourth quarter of 2020, retaining a position it held in the second quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics said in its latest labour force report. Imo was followed by Adamawa and Cross River States. The three states …

Freshly released Q4 2020 labour force statistics by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that Nigeria’s labour force (unemployment rate) increased by 33.3% in Q4 2020 from 27.1% in Q2 2020. Only 46,488,079 were employed at the time of the survey, while the number of people in the labour …