Nigeria, one of Africa’s leading economies, basking in the abundance of natural resources and a teeming populace. The tragedy lies in the rate of unemployment among her citizens. With the increase in unemployment rate in Nigeria to 14.2% in Q4 2016 from 10.4% in Q4 2015, being the highest unemployment rate since 2009, the availability of jobs in Nigeria is a steady decline.

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed N609.95 billion from the federation Account to Federal, States and Local Government as revenue generated in November.

Members of the Young Africa Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network recently kick-started a month-long “Transparency and Good Governance Campaign” in commemoration of the 2017 International Anti-Corruption Day.

African Academic Network on Internet Policy has requested that the National Assembly inserts the following in data protection framework or bill, “the use of personal data must be in accordance with the purpose for which it was collected, consent of the individual must be obtained prior to collecting his/her personal data; rights of the individual to seek legal remedies for misuse and or unauthorized access to his/her personal data must be guaranteed”.

In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Event Industry Nigeria (EIN) in collaboration with Event Market Nigeria (EMN) recently supported the differently abled in the society by organizing a charity event tagged, ‘Differently Abled Meet and Greet’ for Pacelli School for the Blind and partially sighted children, Surulere, Lagos.