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  • Irate youths chase Obaseki’s aide out of Oshiomhole’s residence

    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 asked to walk out of Oshiomhole house at Iyamho in Estako West local government.

    Uloko was accused by the youths of not working in the interest of Oshiomhole.

    One of the youths was heard saying Uloko was among the leaders in Ward 10 that signed the suspension of Oshiomhole from the APC.

    Uloko explained to the youths that he was at the residence at the instance of Oshiomhole.

    He said: “You don’t know politics. I was invited here.”

    Uloko could not be reached for comments as calls to his cell phone went unanswered.

    Spokesman to Oshiomhole, Mr, Simon Ebegbulem, also did not pick calls to his phone.

  • Find a legitimate `hustle’, do not do crime, Actor Yul Edoche tells youths

    Find a legitimate `hustle’, do not do crime, Actor Yul Edoche tells youths

    Chibuike Edochie, popularly known as Yul Edochie, a Nollywood star, has called on youths to resist every form of crime, saying that there is no excuse for crime.
    The 37 year -old son of Pete Edochie, gave this timely advise via a post he shared on his Twitter handle@yulEdochie on Friday, saying a legitimate business no matter how small is better than crime.
    He wrote: “youths please do not do crime, find a legitimate business”.
    According to him, the youth should stick to legitimate businesses, no matter how small it is.
    “However, small it is, stick to it.
    He added that there was no excuse for crime.
    He also stated that youths do not have to go into crime because they are broke.
    Meanwhile, the prolific actor has become popular lately for tweets and Instagram posts built around social and political issues in the country.
    He also recently advised that people should learn to appreciate one another while still alive .
    “People should learn to appreciate others when they are alive, spending lavishly on burial ceremonies is a waste,” he said.
    The politician and father of three is not only popular for his roles in movies but also in national TV series, including Tinsel.
    He has to his credit different awards like, Best Actor of the Year Award from City People Entertainment and Pamsaa in 2013
    He has also won City People Entertainment Awards for Best New Actor of the year in 2009, among others.

  • Most Nigerian youths unemployable – Ngige

    Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has reacted to the high level of unemployable youths in the country.

    The Minister who spoke at the 2019 National Migration Dialogue at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday, disclosed that the ministry in collaboration with the Federal Government have established linkages with the Ministry of Education, Industry, Trade and Investment, Youth and Sports, and Agriculture to address the issue.

    He said; “Nigeria is over 200 million and about 60 percent are youths who need employment. Unfortunately, only 10 percent have decent jobs. Many are unemployable while others are not employed.

    “We are working that they get a job so that they can have a roof over their heads, feed and enjoy life. We have established linkages with the Ministry of Education, Industry, Trade and Investment, Youth and Sports, and Agriculture.

    “We want to look at our curriculum so that our people can have skills that can be exported.”

  • Over 100 million Nigerian youths lack decent jobs – FG

    The Federal Government of Nigeria has said, at least, 100 million of its population are without decent jobs.

    The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this while speaking at the 2019 National Migration Dialogue at the State House on Tuesday.

    While lamenting that the government was worried about the rate at which Nigerian youths were leaving the country through irregular routes, Ngige said the present government was already working on ways to stem the tide.

    “Nigeria is over 200 million and about 60 percent are youths who need employment. Unfortunately, only 10 percent have decent jobs.

    “Many are unemployable while others are not employed. We are working that they get job so that they can have a roof over their head, feed and enjoy life”, he lamented.

    He said the FG was currently working on the adjustment of education policies in order to improve skills of Nigerian students and thereby discourage irregular migration.

    “We have established linkages with the Ministry of Education, industry trade and investment, Youth and Sports and Agriculture. We want to look at our curriculum so that our people can have skills that can be exported,” Ngige added.

    Speaking earlier, the Federal Commissioner of National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) Sen. Basheer Garba Mohammed said the dialogue was in line with the present administration’s agenda to create opportunities for the youths. “Our problem is not with Nigerians migrating but with not selling out our rich resources.

    The country will spend most of 2020 enlightening citizens on productive ventures they can do,” he added. On his part, the Chief of Mission, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Mr. Frantz Celestin, said the dialogue will allow Nigeria to chart a course on the localisation and domestication of the resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and regular Migration (GCM).

    He said a comprehensive approach was needed to optimize the overall benefits of migration, while addressing risks and challenges for individuals and communities in countries of origin, transit and destination.

  • Buhari begs youths: ‘Stay back, save Nigeria, our future lies in your hands’

    Buhari begs youths: ‘Stay back, save Nigeria, our future lies in your hands’

    President Muhammadu Buhari has begged Nigerian youths to stay and advance the cause of their motherland.

    The president, who was represented by Suleiman Raman-Yusuf, the deputy executive secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), was speaking during the 44th convocation ceremony of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife on Saturday.

    “It is high time that universities took more proactive roles in ensuring that graduands perform more meaningfully in the world of works,” he said.

    “It is in view of this that we wish to exhort our youths to start looking inwards, stay and advance the cause of their motherland. We have no other country than Nigeria. We should remain here to salvage the country together.”

    Buhari said the future of Nigeria lies in the mode and quality of education provided to the citizenry adding that the government needs support with funding education.

    He, therefore, tasked universities on the need for them to increase their internally generated revenue (IGR) to enhance sustainable education.

    In his remarks, Eyitope Ogunbodede, the university’s vice-chancellor, announced that the university is currently reviewing the curricular of all academic programmes, in line with current developments and standards.

    Ogunbodede added that emphasis was being placed on training job creators and not mere job seekers.

    He informed the gathering that the university would no longer be dependent on the national grid, as it would soon generate its own electricity.

    NAN reports that event witnessed the conferment of honorary doctorate degrees on some personalities including Ibukun Awosika, chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Plc. and Benedict Oramah, president of African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK).

  • ICYMI: Nigerian youths lack skills for available jobs – Tinubu

    ICYMI: Nigerian youths lack skills for available jobs – Tinubu

    The Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, has said that Nigerian youths lack the skill-set for available jobs in the country, thereby making them unemployable.

    Tinubu, who spoke at a workshop organised by her senatorial office for 260 interns in Lagos yesterday, said several of those who are able to secure jobs are not ready to work, they only want the security of a fixed income, and unwilling to make impact, while some have no idea of how to adjust to working in a corporate environment.
    She said this was why her senatorial office is placing emphasis on skills development and increasing knowledge base for the youths. She explained: “This Work Experience Programme (WEP) is borne out of the need to inculcate in our unemployed graduates, the skills, work place etiquette, and hands-on experience required to make them more attractive to potential employers, and successful in the labour market.
    The 260 interns drawn from Lagos Senatorial District, she said, would be assigned to corporate organisations to acquire skills and work experience. “Thus, we have put together this workshop as a precursor to your resumption at your various places of assignment. The theme of this workshop, ‘Building Youth Capacity for Effective Engagement’, sums up why we are here. It is to ensure that you are off to a good start, on a sound footing and with the right ideas,” declared Tinubu.

    The senator disclosed that “an allowance of forty thousand naira (N 40,000) will be paid by my office to cover your day-to-day expenses throughout the duration of the programme. Half of it will be paid at the onset of the programme and the balance paid upon receipt of letter from your assigned organisation, certifying that you took part in and completed the intern ship.”
    The All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos Central Senatorial District Leader, Prince Tajudeen Olusi, hailed Senator Tinubu for the numerous empowerment programmes she had embarked on to assist the less-privileged in her constituency. He described the senator as a pacesetter, saying no senator in Nigeria can beat her records in empowerment programmes.

  • Youths shut down oil companies in Imo

    Youths shut down oil companies in Imo

    …Protests gas flaring, inhumane treatment

    More 1,000 youths from Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, on Friday staged a protest against multinational oil companies operating in the area, complaining of negligence and inhuman treatment of the indigenes in the council area.

    The youth who marched along the road chanting war songs barricaded the area thereby preventing both human and vehicular movements.

    They also blocked the only Egbema express road which they said had been destroyed by oil companies operating in the area due to the constant plying of heavy trucks on the road.

    The protest resulted in shutting down the operations of major oil companies in the area.

    The youths, led by Comrade Okenya Thaddeus, claimed that the oil companies in the area had been operating in the local government area for decades with nothing to show for it in terms of infrastructural development.

    They maintained that the oil companies must leave or do the needful by engaging the youths.

    “We have not seen such inhuman treatment before. Our roads are bad. This gas inflammation is very dangerous to our lives and we must make sure that the needful is done in our kingdom.”

    Reacting, the lawmaker representing Ohaji-Egbema State Constituency, Hon. Cyriacus Okoro Heclus commended the action of the youths.

    “I must commend your peaceful demonstration to register your dissatisfaction with the dangerous, pretentious and inhuman operations of oil companies in Ohaji-Egbema LGA.”

    The lawmaker, who addressed the protesting youths, expressed sadness over “the heartless conduct of the oil companies especially their conspired agenda against the progress and development of Ohaji-Egbema LGA and its citizens.”

    While assuring them of his support, the lawmaker, urged the youths to remain peaceful “while seeking lasting solution to the neglect, untold hardship and deprivation of Ohaji-Egbema people’s rights by the oil companies.”

  • Nigeria@59: Shun Ethno-religious divisions, Sports Minister Urges Youths

    Nigeria@59: Shun Ethno-religious divisions, Sports Minister Urges Youths

    From Jonas Ike, Abuja
    Minister of Youths and Sports Mr Sunday Dare has joined millions of Nigerians to felicitate with the nation at 59th Independence anniversary.
    He said:”I felicitate with Nigerians, particularly our vibrant youth that form an active segment of our population.
    Our country stands at the threshold of history under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari as the administration continues to correct the ills of the past and strives to bequeath a legacy of a prosperous Nigeria.
    Mr. President’s vision of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years is achievable if we focus on developing our youth that make up the chunk of our population to become globally competitive and equipped to contribute to national development. This is a drive I am committed to spearhead.
    In pursuit of this, over the past few weeks of assuming office, we have laid the building blocks of programmes that will not only rejuvenate our sports but also develop our youth through a combination of empowerment and employment.
    An economically empowered youth, is an emancipated youth and the multiplier effect on the nation is better felt, than imagined. We are poised to delivering this, in line with the Presidential Mandate.
    As we celebrate today, let us focus on things that unite us, and deemphasize those that deepen division. Bitterness, ethno-religious division and strife have no place in the prosperous Nigeria of our dreams.
    We must join hands to build the nation we seek. If we all do what is right within our sphere of influence, the New Nigeria we desire will rise. The occasion of our nation’s 59th Independence anniversary is a good time to remind ourselves that change begins with us.
    Happy Independence Day, Nigeria”.

  • Nigerians are Nigeria’s problem- Ruggedman

    Nigerian rapper and social commentator, Ruggedman has slammed Nigerian youths over the apathy they exhibit when it comes to issues of national importance.

    Ruggedy Baba as he is fondly called by his fans made this known via his Instagram page on Sunday.

    According to him, young Nigerians act weak when it comes to issues of national importance.

    In his words:”Dear Nigerians, Coming from hosting (without one corporate sponsor) a very successful #TheFoundationConcert that celebrated great Nigerians, I thought to say a few words to you.
    Have you seen any youth calling out celebrities for not supporting BBN house mates? No.
    They gathered themselves and are doing a great job on their own.
    They raised money amongst themselves to print tshirts, even going as far as holding campaign rallies and parties.
    But when it comes to a political or police brutality issue that affects their lives personally, they will act weak and instead spend this same energy bashing celebrities for not speaking up. These are the same people who do not need any assistance to support bbn housemates with everything they have got.So who is fooling who?

    NIGERIANS ARE NIGERIAS PROBLEM & UNTIL YOU STAND UP FOR WHATS RIGHT, NOTHING WILL CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

    I have nothing against the choices you make.
    You can choose to celebrate negativity or positivity.
    But just know that you can do these same things to help the lives of all Nigerians and not just BBN housemates.
    Bbn is a private business that’s enriching some people.
    Nigeria is our country that can enrich or atleast make life good for us all.
    Choose your fight wisely”

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  • Like Buhari, Tinubu says Nigerian youths are lazy, always looking for free money

    Like President Muhammadu Buhari, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, the Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District and wife of a former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said youths of today are lazy and not ready to work.

    Recall that Buhari during his first tenure in office vehemently criticised Nigerian youth, labelling them as ‘lazy, uneducated’

    According to her, most of the youths in Lagos would come to her husband’s house, claiming “they want to enjoy Asiwaju’s money.”

    She, however, expressed displeasure that “most of these youths don’t want to work”, adding that “the moment you give them work to do, they fall sick.”

    Sen. Tinubu added that youths of nowadays are interested in making quick money, “but they don’t want to work before making the money.”

    She added that, “our youths are very rude because they want to be like all those people abroad.”

    Speaking on a Lagos Television programme on Saturday morning, Tinubu said her New Era Foundation Patience Home had concluded plans to empower youths in her senatorial district.

    Tinubu disclosed that 10 youths each from all the local governments under Lagos CentraI would benefit from the empowerment initiative.

    The Lagos Senator enjoined youths in her senatorial district to contact their local government chairmen and avail themselves of the opportunities provided by the foundation.