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The unemployment rate for the nation’s post-9/11 generation of veterans rose from 3.5% in August to 4.1% in September as the number of jobs added that month fell by more than 100,000, according to the final monthly jobs report released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics ahead of the November elections.

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The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has raised concerns over persistent unemployment, low productivity and limited economic opportunities affecting millions of Nigerians, even as the country implements major economic reforms.