Tag: Youths
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Secession : Ex- governorship candidate cautions youths
By Steve Oni, Ilorin A former governorship candidate in the 2019 general elections in Kwara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ajia, has cautioned Nigerian youths against supporting secessionist agitations, saying the country is better not balkanized. Rather, he urged them to form a formidable group towards seizing power democratically from the old people during the 2023 general…
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Insecurity: Youths need more support of all- Islamic Cleric
The three tiers of government in Nigeria have been urged to assiduously work towards bringing the teeming youth out of the ravaging poverty that has driven a good number of them into crimes and criminality by empowering them and providing employment opportunities for them. The admonition was given over the weekend by an Islamic Cleric,…
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Ministry, firm sign MoU on youth empowerment
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a venture capital company, TIIMAfrica, to grow the businesses of 100 youths in the country. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, said at the event on Tuesday in Abuja, that the partnership was one in series of…
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Lagos elders seek unemployment benefits for youths
The Lagos State Council of Elders has called on the government to consider payment of benefits to unemployed youths. The council’s Chairman, Mr Tajudeen Olusi, made the call at the 8th Town Hall Meeting held in Eti-Osa Constituency on Thursday in Lagos. The meeting was part of the Lagos State House of Assembly Constituency Stakeholders’…
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#EndSARS: LCCI urges youth on dialogue
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has advised the EndSARS protesters to progress to dialogue as the next stage of civic engagement, in consideration of economic activities. Mrs Toki Mabogunje, President, LCCI, made the appeal in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Mabogunje said the dialogue phase was necessary to reduce the massive…
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Ondo polls: INEC urges traditional rulers, religious leaders to caution youths
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday urged traditional rulers and religious leaders to caution the youth against violence to ensure a peaceful governorship elections on Oct. 10 in Ondo State. Mr Adekunle Ogunmola, National Commissioner/Chairman, Outreach and Partnership Committee, INEC, Abuja, said this at the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) sensitisation workshop for religious/community…
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Shun IPOB, Boko Haram, Militancy, NYCN tells Youths
Ahead of the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, the National Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has admonished youths to shun calls to violence in the name of revolution, IPOB secessionists, militancy, insurgency and Boko Haram terrorism. NYCN National President, Comrade Solomon who expressed the desire to organise a forum aimed at engaging the youths on…
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Edo election: INEC warns youths against violence
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo, Dr Johnson Alalibo, has warned the youth against violence during the September 19 governorship election in the state. He said that the warning to the youth was necessary so that INEC could deliver free, fair, credible and peaceful election in the…
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Dangote And Arewa Youths’ Uncouth Ranting
By Okanga Agila Madness has no defined pattern. To insist on orderliness in insanity is asking for the impossible or the Biblical camel passing through the eye of a needle. I also know that personal idiosyncrasies cannot be garbed in general conviction for every person. What has got me thinking is the insistence of Northern…