Railway Contract Create 200,000 Jobs for Nigerians

About 200, 000 Nigerians will be engaged in the execution of the multi-billion naira railway contract awarded to China Railway Construction Corporation.

The local jobs openings in the execution of the project are expected to reduce the high number of unemployed persons presently roaming the streets for non-existent jobs.

Sources said the firm initially rebuffed attempts to

US economy adds 142,000 jobs in August

The US economy added 142,000 jobs in August, latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal, missing expectations.

The unemployment rate dipped to 6.1% from 6.2% in July.

The world's largest economy had been averaging a monthly jobs gain of 212,000 in the previous 12 months.

Part of the sluggish jobs growth was attributed to a loss of 17,000 food and beverage jobs as a result of a supermarket store strike.

Thousands of employees of the Market Basket chain of supermarkets in the northeastern US had gone on strike in July to protest the