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The ‘used-less’ Nigerian youth
The baboon does not issue an ultimatum to the leopard, pepper is small but its fight is much bigger. My young friend, Rekwi Sunday Musa, ruminating some weeks back had stated his puzzle. He asked, […]
Youths
Metro
FCTA to youth: Be committed to technological advancement
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has urged youth to be committed to technological advancement and vocational skills development as the right direction towards job creation and poverty reduction. Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), […]
Opinion
Politics, governance and inclusion of Nigerian women in governance
The 2019 election has come and almost gone as the battles have shifted to the legal front. But a look at the race has shown that women are significantly few in the number of candidates […]
Health
Yobe: NGO trains 100 youth on trauma recovery, peace building
As part of its activities towards recovery, a Non-Governmental Organization, African Youth for Peace Development (AFRYDEV) with support from European Union funded project, Managing Conflicts in the Northeast being implemented by British Council has provided […]
Politics
2019: Take a stand, Ohanaeze beckons South-east Governors
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) worldwide on Friday beckoned on Southeast Governors to make their stand known to Ndigbo on who they have chosen to align with ahead of 2019 Presidential election. The group however […]
News
Buhari’s govt has failed, North, South youth leaders declare
Youth leaders of major Nigerian ethnic nationalities have called on youths across the nation to ensure active participation in electoral process leading to 2019 general elections, adding that the current administration under President Muhammadu Buhari […]
News
Buhari too old, sickly to seek re-election, Arewa youths ask president to support young candidate
National President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) Shettima Yerima, has said that it will be good for President Muhammadu Buhari to bow out in 2019 and support a younger candidate. Yerima believes that […]
Politics
Youths march on Aso Rock, demands presidential assent to #NotTooYoungToRun bill
Thousands of Nigerian youths on Wednesday marched to the entrance of the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, demanding presidential assent for the #NotTooYoungToRun bill. The march which had over 50 groups participating in the procession, caused heavy vehicular […]
News
Bayelsa youths demand General Boroh’s Sack
Protesting youths in Bayelsa State Tuesday interrupted activities around Yenagoa and Opokuma Yenagoa Local Government Councils asking for the removal of the Chairman of the Amnesty Implementation Committee, Brig.Gen. Paul Boroh over alleged non-performance and […]
News
APC, govs embrace sports to end unemployment, restiveness
…As eight teams battle for unity football tournament The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governors have expressed commitment to sports development, saying they will deploy it as a veritable tool for curbing unemployment, […]
News
Youths will no longer serve as thugs to politicians, PDP aspirant says
A former official of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and aspirant to the office of National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Comrade Franklyne Edede has promised that he would do everything […]
News
Ensuring meaningful youth engagement
Ene Osang Nigeria, with an estimated population of 170 million people is often categorised among poor nations, irrespective of the enormous natural and human resources it is endowed with. This, has been blamed on corruption, […]
News
Presidential aide, former lawmaker, urge youths on political participation
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, and former House of Representative member, Hon. Michael Bamidele, has called on Nigerian youths to get involved in politics. Both who lamented the […]
News
Niger-Delta group backs Buhari over pipeline protection jobs for 10,000 youths
Some elders and youth leaders from the nine states of the Niger Delta region have offered reasons why they threw their weight behind the administration of President Muhamadu Buhari over the recent approval for the […]
News
2019: PDP inaugurates committee for national youth conference
Ahead of the December national convention, the Woman and Youth Affairs department of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated a committee for the conduct of National Youth Conference towards the mobilization of youths in […]
Metro
Niger delta youths demand national inclusion, completion of abandoned projects
Niger Delta National Youth Leaders and Stakeholders’ Forum (NDNYLSF) has called for inclusion, funding and support in the National Council on Niger Delta, even as they asked for the approval of the Ministry of Niger […]
News
Northern youths disparaging Kastina Emir, Atiku, others will fail- group
A northern group; Arewa Youths Grand Alliance (AYGA) has warned a section of youths of the region described to be in habit of blackmailing some notable northern leaders; Emir of Kastina, HRH Alhaji Abdulmumin Usman, […]