The latest survey by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics in partnership with Jobberman on employment trends in Nigeria, has shown a sharp fall in the demand for jobs posted online within the last quarter of 2015.

The National Assembly approved the 2016 Appropriation Bill, just a day before recess, on the Wednesday 23rd of March; the approval was a fulfillment of the Appropriation Committees’ promise to do the needful before the Easter break. However, the Senate Appropriation Committee’s Chairman, Danjuma Goje, acknowledged that the three months delay before implementation could have been avoided if the Budget was presented to the Legislature in good time.

The National Union of Air Transport Employees ,NUATE, has revealed that foreign airlines plan to sack about two thousand (2,000) Nigerian workers due to what they claimed is their inability to transfer their earnings to their respective home countries to meet operational costs in accordance with international rules because of new Central Bank of Nigeria , CBN, policy on forex and fund transfer.

Contrary to insinuations that Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, may have abandoned the plan to inject about N760 billion into real sector special credit facility following last week’s policy reversal, the apex bank has indicated that the plan is still alive.

There were indications that a complementary interplay of fiscal and monetary policy may have begun with last week’s policy actions from the authorities in both arms.

Mrs Tosin Olabimtan-Laniyan is the Chief Operating Officer of Hi-Stakes Ventures Limited, holding company of Meraki Organics, makers of Meraki organic soap brand. In this chat with Financial Vanguard, she speaks on her business and why she went into organic soap production, the challenges. She regrets that although the raw materials are abundant here but Nigeria does not have the technology to process them.

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) will soon commence the issuance of Unique Policy Identifier (UPI), a form of identification number, to insurance policy holders and also launch a portal that would warehouse the industry’s data.

To address unemployment, there is a need to increase the number of entrepreneurs in the country via vocation in different skills thereby enhancing employment and increasing economic value especially among the youths.

President of the Association of Assets Custodians of Nigeria, (AACN), Mrs. Kemi Adewole has said that the Association has achieved increased market visibility in its few years of operation.

Fidelity Bank Plc has disclosed that 80 per cent of the net proceeds of the N30 billion bonds it recently raised from the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will be deployed to assist export-oriented Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country in order to raise their level of competitiveness in the global market.

Nigeria’s online marketplace, Konga.com, has unveiled a same-day delivery service for orders placed same day within Lagos.

Ride hailing App Company, Uber Technologies has launched its services in Abuja city as it embarks on aggressive expansion across Nigerian cities.

“The three tiers of government, yesterday, shared N613.6bn from the Federation Account..over the February allocation of N620.73 billion”.

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, says that infrastructure remains a critical element in the growth of any economy. The minister said this lastw eek during his meeting with a delegation of the management of The Infrastructure Bank (TIB), led by its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Adekunle Oyinloye, in Abuja.

The Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) has commenced moves to protect the economy from the ransomeware attack. The Forum also said it will expedite collaboration with the securities and law enforcement agencies to secure prosecution of electronic fraudsters.