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ONE of the many effects of global pandemic is the economic recession and Nigeria is not exempted from this effect. This is seen in the rising rates of unemployment in the country. According to a report published by the National Bureau of Statistics on its website, the jobless rate in Nigeria rose to 33.3 percent in December 2020. That is up from 27.1 percent in the second quarter of 2020, the last period for which the agency released labor-force statistics. That is alarming. It means that more and more people cannot afford to provide for their basic needs especially considering that we are living in a society where there are practically no social benefits. Of course, Nigeria has a young working population which means that the rising rate of unemployment means that many of our youths do not have jobs. I wonder what this means for their mental health.
teenager. joseph was an adult carpenter. they became parents of jesus. there is just nothing immoral or illegal here. maybe just a little bit unusual. so bottom line, i mean, that s more and more what we are hearing, right? no, it s absolutely. and first of all, they call her, her name wags the virgin mary, so maybe the analogy you are using is not proper there as the state auditor. right. but to the larger point, if you are using the bible to justify under age sexual assault, pedophilia, stop doing that. it s not that hard. yeah. i don t know who wouldn t agree with you. but, again, he says he didn t do it. he says he didn t do it. he s not backing down from this race. and so, daniel, conservative radio host and blogger eric
i ve been a conservative 30 years years, i never used to hear racial stuff. but now suddenly it s become very hard to be a republican and not somehow be associated with something racially reprehensible. i was surprised the secretary did not have some pull back on the president s tweet on the mayor. i think he s managed to please the president gently and deflecting. the problem as david laid it out the question is when do you want to separate yourself from the president? when do you at a certain moment decide, whether your reputation is more important. and this is great dividing line, this is where you see people like bob corker separating out. the question is why more of the republican party, frankly, why more conservatives aren t willing to do that? eric erikson has been very
2.5 million people are not counted in this unemployment rate at all. they can work, but they have stopped looking for work. so they re not counted in the unemployment rate. so it s actually higher than 8.2%. also very key here is minorities. we have to look at what has happened to african-americans. their unemployment rate has gone up for the month of may. it s now nearly 14.5%. it is pretty much double unemployment for whites, hispanics, 11% unemployment. that s problematic. and this is all very political. looking at the big picture here, we were bleeding jobs at the end of the bush administration and the beginning of the obama administration. this is where you ll hear the president talk about jobs recovery. but the issue here is the last three months. april, may and june. we have seen just anemic jobs growth. this jobs report is key because we only have four more jobs reports before the election. so you re going to here back and forth from both the obama administration and
what may have caused this shocking end to a life seemingly spinning out of control? and great white shark spottings heightened. fears along the cape cod area. our own brian todd is on a boat with experts trying to track them down. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. right now a disappointing jobs report kicks off day two of president obama s bus tour into overdrive and arms his opponent, mitt romney, with new political ammunition to use against him. look at this. unemployment is stuck at 8.2%. and only 80,000 jobs added in june. the numbers are even worse when you look at minorities. we re covering all sides of this dramatic political story. our own dan lothian and dana bash, they are both standing by live. but first cnn s poppy harlow breaks down the numbers. hi there, wolf. i think the headline for this jobs report is disappointing. only 80,000 jobs created in the month of june. unemployment stays at 8.2%. we need to be creating somewhere between 300,000