10,500 Nigerians sought asylum last year --
Some 10,500 Nigerians sought asylum last year in industrialised countries compared to 9,500 in 2010, according to a report released by the UN refugee agency.
Zamfara State Coordinator of the National Directorate of Employment, Alhaji Muhammad Alhassan, said based on a report by the National Bureau of Statistics, 23 million able bodied Nigerians are unemployed.