Tag: Youths
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Insecurity in Nigeria is a result of bad governance – CAN
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Olasupo Ayokunle, has called on the government to address insecurity by providing infrastructure, saying the security challenges facing the country were caused by bad governance. Ayokunle spoke at the investiture ceremony of Dr. Micheal Abodunrin as the new Chancellor for Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State on Saturday.…
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Edo 2020 and youths as canon folder, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Barely one month to the September 19, 2020 governorship election, Edo State is on edge, prompting the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to contemplate postponement of the poll or refuse to declare results in the face of obvious violence. The major campaigns of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress…
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Irate Imo youths set houses ablaze over woman’s death
Angry youths from the Amakohia community in the Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State have set ablaze five houses belonging to suspected cultists, who allegedly murdered a pub operator identified as Mrs Uchechi Ogoke. Uchechi, whose husband is based in Malaysia, died on June 30, 2020, as a result of machete cuts…
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Youths protest leader’s demise, dump corpse at monarch’s palace
Myriad of youths in Ogidi community, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra state have protested death of a youth leader in the area, Chike Okoye. The deceased reportedly died attempting to dodge arrest of police officers who stormed his Umueze Alor village over alleged land tussle between the community and the Traditional Ruler, Igwe Alex…
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Buni Gari 105: Youths hail Buratai, troops over merciless assault on Boko Haram terrorists
The Progressive Yoruba Youth Council (PYYC) has heaped praises on Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General T.Y Buratai and his troops over a ruthless onslaught on Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists that left over 150 of them dead in Buni Gari, Yobe State. PYYC said that the current push by the Nigerian Army is a renewal…
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COVID-19 lockdown robberies: Lagos launches ‘Food Kitchen’ to feed 100,000 youths daily
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced a programme, tagged: “Food Kitchen” aimed at feeding 100,000 youths daily to cushion the effect of Coronavirus lockdown in the state. The governor disclosed this while giving update on the Coronavirus situation in Lagos in Marina, Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. According to Sanwo-Olu, “in the next…
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FG creating conditions for trouble by neglecting youths- Naira Marley
Rave of the moment, Naira Marley has said the federal government is creating conditions for trouble by “neglecting youths on the street”. The 25-year-old music star took to his Twitter page to reveal this, stating that the youths have “no future” because of the government’s alleged inability to “support them”. According to the ‘Tesumole’ crooner,…
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We sag our trousers to keep in vogue – Youths
Some youths in Jos on Friday said they indulged in sagging their trousers in order ” to keep in vogue” and express their youthfulness. One of them, Mr Daniel Olatunde, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he thoroughly enjoyed sagging because it gave him “an aura of confidence”. ‘’ When I sag my trousers,…
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Whether we like it or not, youths will take over – Buhari
Nigeria’s President, Muhammad Buhari on Friday said whether the old generation likes it or not, the youths will take over the affairs of the nation some day. He thus urged the youths to prepare for the challenges of leader. Buhari spoke when he received All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leaders from the six geo-political zones,…
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Irate youths chase Obaseki’s aide out of Oshiomhole’s residence
Chairman of Edo State Local Government Service Commission, Mr. Tom Uloko, was harassed and chased out of the country home of National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Uloko, who served as Commissioner under Oshiomhole as Governor, claimed he was invited for lunch. In a viral video, Uloko was seen being…