Nigeria’ unemployment

Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate Inches Up to 4.3% in Q2 2024

Nigeria’s unemployment rate experienced a slight increase to 4.3% in the second quarter of 2024, representing a 0.1 percentage point rise compared to...

Nigeria’s unemployment rate surges by 0.8% in Q3 2023

The unemployment rate in Nigeria surged to 5.0%, up by 0.8% in the third quarter of 2023. According to data from the National...

Just in: Nigeria’s unemployment rate drops by 4.1% in Q1 2023 — NBS

With the continuous influx of job seekers into the labour market and an increase of unemployment rate by 37.7 per cent in 2022,...

Interview: Nigeria’s worsening socio-economic situation raises cases of depression, drug abuse, says Neuropsychiatrist, Dr Uchendu

A Neuropsychiatrist and one-time Head, Mental Health Department, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Dr. Ifedilichukwu Uchendu, has lamented the lack of attention being...

Buhari to Nigerian youths: No more job vacancies for you

In what looks like a gloomy future for the youths, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday evening dashed their hopes of clinching federal jobs, saying...

1,000 Oyo State NDE trainee-entrepreneurs to access CBN/NIRSAL loans with bankable feasibility reports

  No fewer than 1,000 entrepreneurs have been trained by the Oyo State National Directorate of Employment (NDE) preparatory to accessing the loan...

Nigeria’s Youth Unemployment Rate Horrendous – AfDB

…decent jobs should be created now   Youth unemployment situation in Nigeria is frightening, shocking and could be catastrophic soon, so says the...