UN World Youth Skills Day: Oritsejafors empower 11
THE United Nations, at its General Assembly in November 2014, declared July 15 as World Youth Skills Day because young people are almost three times more likely to be un-employed than adults and conti-nuously exposed to lower quality of jobs, greater labour market inequalities, and longer and more insecure school-to-work transit-ions. In addition, women are more likely to be underemployed and under-paid, and to undertake part-time jobs or work under tem-porary contracts.
Nnamdi Kanu bigger than Buhari – Fani-Kayode
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu is bigger than President Muhammadu Buhari, saying ”…Nnamdi Kanu is bigger than Buhari.He is a real lion.’
Workers call for better funding of agriculture
In line with the calls by various stakeholders to diversify the nation’s mono-product economy, the Agriculture and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria (AAEUN), at a recent meeting of the forum’s chairmen in Gwagwalada, has called on the Federal Government to increase the budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector to prove its commitment in making the sector the mainstay of the economy.
Promise kept: Okowa completes 40 roads, targets 50 others — Aide
The Executive Assistant to Delta State Governor on Marine Development, Ambassador Karo Ekewenu, says Governor Ifeanyi Okowa achievements in two years are unprecedented.
Eid-el-Kabir: Pensioners praise Buhari for early payment of August pension
The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for the early payment of their August pension allowance.
China’s Huawei unveils mobile AI assistant at Berlin’s IFA
Chinese electronics giant Huawei on Saturday unveiled its first mobile personal assistant with artificial intelligence in Berlin, in hopes it will rival the dominance of Samsung’s Bixby and Apple’s Siri.
