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Akwa Ibom State is said to have recorded the highest unemployment rate of 37.7 per cent in the third quarter 2018, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released. In its Labour Force Statistics – Volume 2: Unemployment and Under-employment by State for Third Quarter, 2018 posted on its website, NBS said Rivers State was the second highest reported unemployment rate with 36.4 per cent followed by Bayelsa with 32.6 per cent. Moreover, Abia recorded 31.6 per cent and Borno reported 31.4 per cent unemployment rate in the quarter under review. The report said the top five states with the…

After declining about $20 billion in 2018, Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune is bouncing back, Bloomerg says. Facebook Inc. shares (FB) jumped Thursday in New York trading — increasing his net worth by about $4.6 billion — after the social-networking firm reported first-quarter earnings Wednesday night that won near-unanimous praise from Wall Street analysts. That brings his year-to-date advance to $24 billion, the most of anyone on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The co-founder of the world’s largest social-media business saw his fortune fall US$3.3 billion (NZD$4.5b) on Saturday (NZ time) after he posted plans to shift users’ news feeds toward content from family and…

Two Chinese nationals have been abducted in South Eastern Nigeria, police said on Thursday, asking the public for tips to find and free the expatriates. Odah Loveth, police spokesperson in the Ebonyi state, told reporters that Sun Zhixin and Wang Quing Hu were taken in the Ohaozara community at a construction site where they were working. Loveth said detectives have been deployed in the area as police carry out a manhunt for the abductors. She said Awoshola Awotunde, the state’s police chief, has visited the construction site owned by the Tongyi group of companies. “The area was combed to track…

President Muhammadu Buhari has donated $500,000 to Guinea Bissau to assist in its forthcoming elections. Buhari, who is currently in London sent the assistance through the Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama in the company of the ECOWAS Commission President, Jean-Claude Brou. This was stated in a series of tweets at the official tweeter handle of the Nigerian President, (@NGRPresident. The tweet read: “In his capacity as Chairman, ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State, Pres Buhari, this morning, directed Minister of Foreign Affairs, @GeoffreyOnyeama to undertake an urgent mission as his Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau, in the company of ECOWAS Commission…

Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has opposed planned law prescribing monthly post-service life pension of between N0.1 million and N0.5 million for members of the state House of Assembly House. The party also observed how the strange idea, which was proposed as a bill and passed by the House on Wednesday, has set the public pulse racing. APC in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Doife Buokoribo described the bill as unjust and an unspeakable crime against the people of the state. “APC Bayelsa completely rejects this life pension bill for members of the Bayelsa…

“I have fallen out of love with my husband, and I am no longer interested in the marriage. That is why I am asking this honourable court to dissolve the marriage,” Minna housewife confessed. A housewife, Mariam Sadiq, approached a Sharia Court in Minna seeking the dissolution of her marriage because she no longer loved her husband. Sadiq, however, said he still loves his wife and would not want them to separate. He prayed the court to give him some time to try and prevail on his wife to change her position on the matter. The presiding judge, Ahmed Bima,…

The Federal Project Support Unit (FPSU) of the World Bank Assisted Community and Social Development Project has approved Akwa Ibom State as the host for its 2019 First Quarter Review meeting. The General Manager, Akwa Ibom State Agency for Community and Social Development Project (Ak-CSDP) Mr Ishmael Akpan made this known during a press briefing with journalists in uyo on Friday. Mr Akpan who disclosed that the review meeting would commence on the 29th of April -4th of May 2019, added  that Akwa Ibom State was chosen as the host community based on the overall quality of projects implemented to help…

Caster Semenya cruised to victory in the 5,000 metres at the South African athletics championships on Thursday, a potential new distance as she waits for the verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in an appeal against regulations seeking to limit her testosterone level. Semenya looked in complete control as she won in a time of 16:05.97 on the opening day of the championships, which serve as an important test for the South African team going to the World Championships in Doha in September. Semenya made a rare run in the longer distance after earlier cruising into Friday’s…

A jilted lover has allegedly set ablaze and killed eight family members at Igbodigho in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. Titi Sanumi, the girl at centre of the storm, severely injured is said to be recuperating in the State Trauma Centre, in Ondo town. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Femi Joseph confirmed the incident to Channels Television. “Nine family members, who were occupants of a house were set ablaze in their one-room apartment at Adetuwo Street in Igbodigho Tuesday.” Channels Television gathered that a jilted lover by the name Adenuga, popularly known as Davar…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), Thursday, approved N977.7 million for the N-Creative and N-Tech trainings to empower 3,500 beneficiaries in Northern and Southern Nigeria respectively. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, stated this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Udoma said the N-Creative and N-Tech trainings were part of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). He listed the four thematic areas of the N-Creative training and their respective beneficiary distributions as script writing—150 beneficiaries, graphic illustration—375 beneficiaries, animation-750 beneficiaries and post-production-225…