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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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‘Ibadan is greater than you’- Ex-Oyo Governor, Ladoja dissociates self from High Chiefs’ comments on Olubadan

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A former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, has advised some High Chiefs in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to sheath their swords with a warning that the interest of the ancient city was greater than anyone of them. Ladoja, who is also the Osi Olubadan of Ibadan, while dissociating himself from some derogatory statements credited to the High Chiefs about the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, however, maintained that the High Chiefs still remained High Chiefs and not ‘Obas’ as they have been parading themselves. The crisis, which has made the Olubadan and some High Chiefs, who are also members of the Olubadan-in-Council to be operating in a cat-and-mouse manner started when the outgoing governor of the state, Mr. Abiola Ajimobi, announced the resolve of his government to review the Olubadan chieftaincy declaration. The High Chiefs who have been having a running battle with the monarch included: the Otun Olubadan, High Chief Lekan Balogun; Balogu...