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Job: Nigeria, Britain partner to combat unemployment

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The Nigerian government has expressed its willingness to partner with the British Government in tackling unemployment and creating job opportunities for young persons in the country. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Dr Festus Keyamo, with the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr Dominic Williams. PHOTO: NAN The Minister of State for  Labour  and Employment, Dr Festus Keyamo, stated this when the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr Dominic Williams, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. “We are ready to collaborate with our partners all over the world to open up avenues for job creation. We are open to all kinds of suggestions and levels of co-operation,” he said. He disclosed that the Government has opened up other sectors as part of efforts to diversify the economy from oil, which would, in turn, create room for employment. According to him, part of the efforts of Government to diversify the economy and boost job creation...
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The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has said that he remains emotionally indebted to his Kano State counterpart, Ibrahim Ganduje and the Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi. He said this during a press briefing on  Saturday amid growing concerns that he was taking sides with the governor, following his (Ganduje’s) decision to create four new emirates in Kano. “We are dwelling on trivialities and issues that are of the past”, Shettima said. He explained that the Northern Governors have been working behind the scenes to resolve the issues between both the governor and the Emir and that contrary to claims that he was taking sides with Ganduje, he was emotionally indebted to the two prominent leaders. “I have ties in Kano. The governor of Kano has adopted 200 sons of Borno (orphans) and the Kano State Government is shouldering the burden of their education, welfare, up to university level so, I am emotionally indebted to him,” he said. “I am equally emotionally indebted to Emi...
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Experts task media on fight against fake news

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Experts have tasked the media to lead the fight against fake news by deploying the tools available to them, including professionalism, ethics and technology. They spoke at a workshop on ‘Misinformation, Politics and the Economy’ at the School of Media and Communication (SMC), Pan Atlantic University, Lagos.
Centre for Leadership in Journalism (CLEJ) of SMC organised the workshop in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. Speaking on ‘Brief on Preparations for the 2019 General Elections and the Role of the Media’, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) director of voter education, Oluwole Uzzi, affirmed the electoral body’s readiness to conduct credible polls.He said INEC had accomplished 12 of the 14 tasks it outlined as the roadmap to the elections slated for February 16.
According to Uzzi, the elections would feature 91 political parties and 84 million voters balloting in 1,568 constituencies.There are 8,809 registration areas or wards, 119, 973 polling units and 57,023 voting points, he added.
On the issue of immigrants, under-age voting and difficulties experienced by voters in getting their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs), he disclosed that they were system problems that INEC alone could not resolve.
“This is because age and nationality of a person are not identifiable by looks, and there are no working systems in the country to holistically ascertain them,” he added. Uzzi, however, listed the role of the media in the coming elections to include: providing information and awareness to citizens.voter education and enlightenment, and mobilisation through serving as platforms for national discourse.
Aside agenda setting, he urged the media to also serve as gatekeepers who hold players in the political system accountable, while CLEJ director and fellow of SMC, Dr. Richard Ikiebe, emphasised the importance of equipping citizens with the ability to access and consume media messages critically.
Dean of SMC, Dr. Ikechukwu Obiaya, asserted that the school considered it a social responsibility to contribute to the discourse on the challenge of misinformation in Nigeria and how to tackle it.“Citizens deserve correct and right information as the basis for their decisions in all spheres of life,” he added.

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