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Minister of State for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi The Minister of  State for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi (SAN), on Wednesday revealed that the ministry currently does not have data on the number of unemployed Nigerians. It requires the data to enable it prepare the template for beneficiaries of the proposed N5,000 stipends for the unemployed/ vulnerable Nigerians. The minister said this while responding to questions from reporters at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, Abuja. According to him, the ministry recently commissioned a firm to capture the data of the under-employed/ unemployed to enable it prepare the necessary template for the effective take off of the scheme. He also explained that the ministry has written a memo to the President through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation for it to take over the over 76 federal skills acquisition centres spread across Nigeria. Ocholi said, “Before we got...

A maverick surgeon who plans to transplant a human head onto another body has successfully performed the operation on a monkey, he claims. Sergio Canavero made the shocking claim after a series of experiments on animals and human corpses, according to New Scientist. Canavero said, ‘The monkey fully survived the procedure without any neurological injury of whatever kind.’ Canavero claims that researchers led by Xiaoping Ren at Harbin Medical University connected up the blood supply between the head and the new body. They did not attempt to connect the spinal cord – but Canavero says that the experiment shows that if a monkey’s head is cooled to -15 °C it can survive the operation without brain injury. New Scientist points out that no one has as yet verified Canavero’s claims. Canavero already has a volunteer patient, a severely ill Russian man, Valery Spiridonov, who is willing to attempt the procedure despite the enormous and unknown risks. Canavero has previously admitted, ...

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world’s leading research based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. GSK employs over 97,000 employees in over 100 countries worldwide. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria Plc is one of Africa’s largest consumer healthcare companies, producing leading brands such as Lucozade, Ribena and Panadol. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is recruiting to fill the position of: Job Title: Logistics Planner/ Analyst Requisition ID: WD53896 Location: Ilupeju, -Lagos-Nigeria Position: Full time Functional area: Supply Chain & Logistics Details The Logistics Analyst will be responsible for all Import/ Export activities for the Rx (Pharmaceuticals) Business in Nigeria with an open option to expand scope into Ghana operations. This role will ensure all activities are compliant with all regulatory and statutory requirements. This role will work directl...

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Pandemonium broke out, on Tuesday afternoon, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when armed officers and men of the Nigeria Immigration Service stormed the zonal command office of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) and beat up four officers of the traffic agency. Tribune Online gathered ‎that the invasion of the NIS officers was a reprisal attack on the traffic officers whose men were allegedly reported to have attacked an unnamed immigration officer in the day. It was learnt that eight traffic officers had earlier in the day beaten up a senior officer of the NIS at Sapon area of the town. The immigration officer, with the rank of Chief Superintendent, was said to have parked at an obstruction in the area and this resulted in an argument between the traffic and immigration officers over breach of traffic rules. It was further learnt that an attempt by the traffic officers to remove the number plate of the vehicle of the immigration officer was resisted...

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to deal decisively with the seeming resurgence of oil theft, vandalism of pipelines and insecurity in the Niger Delta. Declaring that the Nigerian Armed Forces had already dealt “deadly blows” on Boko Haram, Mr. Buhari said the activities of oil thieves and vandals would soon be brought to an end, according to a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Tuesday. “The oil thieves and abductors are a less problematic target. We will re-organise and deal with them,” he was quoted as saying. Speaking Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, the president warned telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria not to place their desire for huge profits above the security needs of the country. Speaking at an interactive forum with members of the Nigerian Community in Abu Dhabi, President Buhari said the war against terrorism can only be won with the collective effort and commitment of everyone. Remarking that the registration of all mobile phone users withou...

Ice Cube has consistently produced classics when it comes to African-American comedies, and the Barbershop franchise is a treasure to watch for more than comedic purposes. Calvin’s barbershop is located in Chicago and the producers never shy away from current issues the communities in the city seem to be facing, from the lack of jobs in the first film (remember the scene where dude ran away without paying for his haircut, and we later found out he was going to a job interview and couldn’t afford it?) to tackling gentrification and shady city officials in Barbershop 2. There’s a clip showing a sequence of both gang members and cops driving by, while Calvin voices his concerns of raising his teenage son Jalen. “I’m not trying to get that call in the middle of the night saying my son is locked up, or worse.” It looks like the focus of the third installment will be #BarbershopSavesTheNeighborhood. The trailer shows we’ll still get the hilarious “Battle of The Sexes” arguments, bu...