FG Eyes $1bn Investment, 500,000 Jobs in Mining Sector Boost   The Federal Government has projected that the mining sector would raise employment from the current 0.3 per cent to 500,000 jobs by 2030 amid expectations of attracting $1bn in foreign direct investment annually by 2025. The...

Tinubu Targets 25,000 Jobs, $2.5Bn from Compressed Natural Gas Scheme   Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu is targeting over 25,000 job creation and $2.5bn worth of investment from the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) scheme in the nation’s economy by 2027. The Programme Director and Chief Executive of...

Sugar Sector can Create Jobs in Hundreds of Thousands, Save Nigeria Billions of Dollars - NSDC Boss The Executive Secretary, National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Mr Kamar Bakrin, has said the nation's sugar sector has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of jobs for...

Kogi, China Plan N591bn Investments, 685,000 Jobs   Kogi State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese investors for the provision of technology security architecture to track movement in and out of the state from a central control centre. It said this was to...

Our Development Plan will Lift 35m out of Poverty, Generate 21m Jobs - FG     The Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, has said the implementation of the new national development plan would lift 35 million Nigerians out of poverty...

FG Targets 308% Increase In Mining Revenue, 144,000 Jobs   The Federal Government has disclosed plans to increase the mineral sector’s contribution to the economy by growing revenue generated from mining to N9.28bn by 2025. Figures contained in the National Development Plan obtained by Economic Confidential showed...