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Unemployment rate dropped to 4.3% in Q2

Nigeria’s unemployment rate declined to 4.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2024, signalling improved labour market conditions. According to the latest report released on Monday, by the National Bureau of Statistics, this marked a decrease from the 5.3 per cent recorded in Q1 2024 and reflected a gradual recovery from the 5.0 per...
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Speedview hosts online AI training for teachers

Speedview Communications Limited, a yearbook publishing company, recently hosted a two-day online AI training workshop for teachers. In a statement made available to our correspondent on Monday, the AI teachers workshop, held in collaboration with Igbera.ai, an India/America-based AI training organization, focused on equipping educators with practical and innovative tools to enhance their teaching methods...
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Electricity subsidy hits N1.91tn in 11 months

The monthly spending of the Federal Government on electricity subsidy obligation has reached N1.91tn in the first 11 months of 2024, a new report by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has disclosed. It also stated that power distribution companies collected a total revenue of N1.23tn during the first nine months of 2024, exceeding the total...
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Firm unveils luxury furniture gallery

The internationally acclaimed British luxury furniture and lifestyle brand, Timothy Oulton, has unveiled its flagship gallery in Victoria Island, Lagos. The firm’s Managing Director and Global Head of Training and Development, Jude Leach, said Timothy Oulton brings a new standard of opulence and sophistication to discerning Nigerian homeowners and design enthusiasts. “The Lagos Gallery is...
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Interest rate hike likely again as MPC meets today

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria is projected to maintain its inflation-tightening stance at its last meeting of the year in the face of rising inflation. At its September meeting, the Committee raised the Monetary Policy Rate by 50bps to 27.25 per cent, emphasising concerns over core inflation, money supply growth,...
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Customers’ deposits in failed Heritage Bank safe – NDIC

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bello Hassan, has reassured customers of the failed Heritage Bank that their funds in the bank are safe. Hassan gave this reassurance at the 2024 NDIC Editors Forum held in Lagos on Saturday. The NDIC boss, who was represented by the Executive Director (Operations), Mustapha...
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Nigeria’s GDP grows by 3.46% in Q3 2024

Nigeria’s economy recorded a 3.46 per cent year-on-year growth in Gross Domestic Product during the third quarter of 2024. This was revealed in the latest GDP report from the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday. The growth represents an improvement over the 2.54 per cent recorded in the same period of 2023 and a slight...
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Nigeria-Brazil agribusiness deal to attract $4.3bn investments

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and Fundação Getulio Vargas of Brazil, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance private sector development in fertiliser production, hybrid seed technology, and agricultural finance. The MoU was signed on behalf of the government by the Permanent Secretary of FMAFS, Mr Temitope Fashedemi,...
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