An emerging report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) states that Nigeria’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2023.The unemployment rate stood at 33.3 per cent in the last report of the NBS released as of the fourth quarter of 2020.The last survey
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has alleged that the minister of arts, culture and creative economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, is still a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).In a recent statement HURIWA claimed that Musawa was posted to Onyilokwu Onyilowa and Co., said to
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has filed an application for the release of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records.Reports reveal that the application was filed at the US District Court.Atiku is said to be making the request to the Chicago State University, where Tinubu
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A House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee has summoned the president of Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Musa Gusau to appear before it unfailingly on Thursday and respond to the feud between the federation and Super Falcons over unpaid allowances.Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, investigating the dispute between the Super Falcons
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The BRICS economic coalition of emerging countries on Thursday extended membership invitations to six nations, South African President and current BRICS chair Cyril Ramaphosa said.The BRICS alliance — which is composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has unanimously approved Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has dismissed the approval of mass demolition by the new FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, in Abuja.Recent media reports alleged plans to demolish 6,000 houses across 30 Abuja settlements.Reacting to reports, the FCTA spokesperson, Anthony Ogunleye, in a statement issued on Wednesday, noted that
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The Nigerian Air Force says it is set to receive 18 attack helicopters from the United States and Turkey to strengthen its fleet.The Chief of Air Staff, Hassan Abubakar, who made this known during a one-day tour of formations and units under the NAF 115 Special Operations Group in Port
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has banned street trading activities within Abuja.Wike, said those individuals engaged in street trading activities like selling corn and street hawking contributed to the insecurity and criminal occurrences in the nation’s capital.He stated that criminals who come to buy corn
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the recent estimate of the country’s foreign exchange (FX) reserves by JP Morgan was presented “out of context”.Hassan Mahmud, director of monetary policy department, CBN, spoke when he featured on Moneyline with Nancy, a programme on Africa Independent Television (AIT), on Wednesday.Earlier this
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to pull out workers from the National Housing Fund (NHF) contributory scheme because of the non-remittance of deductions made by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN).NLC president, Comrade Joe Ajaero, issued the threat yesterday in a presentation before the House of Representatives
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