On the quest of absorbing some of the unemployed youths in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has now approved the employment of over 30,000 graduates who would be trained on how to render extension services to farmers, collect soil samples and conduct soil test across the country.The executive secretary of National Land Development Agency (NALDA), Prince Paul Ikonne, disclosed this during a media chat in Abuja.He said the graduates who would be engaged under t...

President Muhammadu Buhari has now approved the request of the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, to reschedule the commencement date of the Special Public Works Programme from the 1st October to 1st November, 2020.The programme is engaging 1000 persons from each of the 774 Local Government Areas in the country for menial jobs for three months.*A statement signed by the Minister in Abuja yesterday, stated that the approval was based pr...

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has confirmed that the recent power outage affecting several parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, was caused by the vandalization of conductors along the 132KV Katampe-Central Area Transmission Station Lines 1 & 2.In an official statement on Wednesday, AEDC acknowledged the widespread blackout and assured residents that the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is actively working to restore normal el...