By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Government on Thursday unveiled plans to generate 15,000 jobs annually through the advancement of vocational and technical training to cushion the impact COVID-19 on the socio-economic activities of the state. It also reiterated its determination to revamp industrial development, technical and vocational centres in the state to further […]

…To revive 6 motor plants for 50,000 tractors assembling in 6 geopolitical zones … 632 mech centres to back 774 LGAs production centres, 142 agro-processing centres in Sen districts …To empower 35 million Nigerians, engage 100,000 extension workers By Soni Daniel The Federal Government on Thursday rolled out details of its ambitious agricultural programme, which […]

With the rampaging COVID-19, job insecurity, unpaid wages among others, are major issues that Organised Labour is contending with.

Roughly 2.1 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign that companies are still slashing jobs in the face of a deep recession even as more businesses reopen and rehire some laid-off employees. About 41 million people have now applied for aid since the virus outbreak intensified in March, though not all […]

Rolls-Royce, the British maker of plane engines, said Wednesday it will cut at least 9,000 jobs and slash costs elsewhere, as the coronavirus slams the aviation sector. “This is not a crisis of our making. But it is the crisis that we face and we must deal with it,” chief executive Warren East said in […]