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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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ASUU strike: FG pleads with lecturers, promises to pay new minimum wage

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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has pleaded with striking university teachers to show mercy on students by calling off their strike. The teachers, under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), began a nationwide strike since November, last year, over some disagreement between the union and the Federal Government. Ngige, speaking with reporters in Awka, Anambra State on Sunday, also declared that Federal Government would pay a minimum wage, adding that things were being worked out by the Committee saddled with that responsibility. He said: “FG will comfortably pay minimum wage, we want to pay it, but there must be balancing because figures were bandied and we are asking Labour to exercise patience. “I appeal to ASUU and Labour to have mercy on students and be patient. As far as I’m concerned, we have treated Labour well. And they should also know I’m a comrade and that is why I always intervened on matters that concern them.” T...
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Onnoghen owes Nigerians apology, not sympathy ― Sen Arise

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Ado-Ekiti-A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, Senator  Ayo Arise, has said the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen could have saved himself and the nation from unnecessary embarrassment, tow the line of honour and resign Justice Onnoghenghen Arise expressed reservations on the stance of the Nigeria Judicial Council (NJC) in the whole saga, saying that the system of government that is being operated in Nigeria only recognizes the supreme court as the final arbiter in any case. Speaking with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, shortly after the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Ado-Ekiti, Arise described the suspended  CJN’s saga as an embarrassment not only to the judiciary but to the country as a whole. Arise, who represented Ekiti North Senatorial District in the Senate, between 2007 – 2011, also noted that Nigeria could take advantage of the controversy and make a correction on some weaknesses in the Constitution. He posited that th...
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