Jimoh Ibrahim to varsities: Raise job creators Sunday, August 29, 2010 Jimoh Chairman of Global Fleet Oil and Gas Limited, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, has said that the only way to solve graduate unemployment in Nigeria is for universities to come up with entrepreneurial courses in order to raise job creators rather than job seekers. Mr [...]

Akwa Ibom Government has lifted ban on employment  into the state civil service, which was placed more than a year ago. The state Governor,  Godswill Akpabio, who announced this yesterday, at the swearing in of Chairman of the State Civil Service Commission, Chief Jacob J. Obot and two members of Judicial Service Commission, Chief Aniekan [...]

Nigeria Nominated for Global Jobs Pact Initiative From Damilola Oyedele in Abuja, 12.30.2009 International Labour Organisation (ILO) has nominated Nigeria to benefit from an integrated assistance package under the Global Jobs Pact (GJP) initiative. To this end, the organisation has requested that the Ministry of Labour and Productivity to formulate a roadmap which would lead [...]

Crisis Rocks NDE over Director’s Appointment By Linda Eroke, 12.21.2009 Fresh crisis is currently rocking the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) over alleged unilateral appointment of an additional director in the organisation by the Minister of Labour  and Productivity, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode. THISDAY gathered that the minister, without following due process and in contravention of [...]

Computer hackers have targeted the Guardian newspaper’s jobs website in a “sophisticated and deliberate” move, the company has said. The breach put the personal details of some of the site’s users at risk, and those who may have been affected have been identified and e-mailed. The Guardian said it had since been “assured” by the [...]