Tag: Youths
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Anambra youths protest, threaten reprisal over alleged killing, raping of women
Youths of Anambra West local government area, Anambra State on Monday, staged a peaceful protest over alleged continued killings of farmers and raping of women in the community. They accused the state government of paying lip service to their plight, threatening to embark on a reprisal attack if noting urgent was done. Addressing newsmen shortly…
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Nigeria in dire need of skillful youths to address unemployment challenges – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said that Nigeria at this point requires the youths to be highly skillful in order to solve the problem of unemployment, security and youth restiveness. The President, who was a Visitor at the 31st Convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), stated that the era of handing…
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2019: INEC honours 2face, others for mobilising youths to register for PVCs
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday rewarded ace musician Innocent Idibia popularly called 2baba with an award for helping to mobilise youths to register for the 2019 general elections. At an election summit where the award was given to 2baba in Abuja on Tuesday, INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said the 2019 general elections…
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2019: APC appoints Buhari’s wife leader of women, youths Presidential Campaign team
Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has been appointed the Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress Women and Youths Presidential Campaign team for the 2019 election. The wife of the Vice-President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, is also appointed as the Co-chairman of the campaign team. This is contained in a statement made available to the…
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Religious Tolerance Among Youths, By Cornelius Omonokhua
Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua God created human beings in love and command that human beings should love one another. God did not command human beings to tolerate one another. You only tolerate what is ordinarily unacceptable. I guess that some people use the expression “tolerance” in the context of peaceful co-existence because we now live in…
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2019: Atiku promises allocating 40 per cent ministerial slots to women, youths
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has promised that 40 per cent of his cabinet, if elected president would be filled by women and youths. Atiku made this known on his verified Twitter handle @atiku, where he started off by lamenting how Nigeria has become the headquarters of poverty under…
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We will make Nigeria more attractive to our youths than Europe – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerian youths that his administration will make the country more attractive to discourage the desperation that makes them dare both the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea, all in a bid to take up menial jobs in Europe. The President, who described the dangerous migrations by the youths as hurting…
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Ooni partners with billionaire Arab businessman to build commercial venture for youths in Nigeria
The Arole Oodua and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has established a business partnership with an Arab billionaire, His Excellency, Honorable Sharif Ahmad Bin Jaber Al Natour to create massive job opportunities for the youths in Yorubaland and in Nigeria in general. The partnership between Ooni Ogunwusi, a foremost African king…
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Panic in Imo as angry youths set Magistrates’ court on fire
Ther was pandemonium at the Magistrates’ Court in Olru, Imo State, as angry youths numbering above 15 set the court building on fire. According to a report by The Punch, the fire destroyed all the documents in the court before it could be quenched. The Magistrates’ Court is on the premises of Orlu High court.…
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Rampaging youth stone, injure police commissioner on the head
Rampaging youth in Jalingo on Monday pelted Taraba Commissioner of Police, David Akinremi, with stones, injuring him on the head. The command’s spokesperson, David Misal, an assistant superintendent of police, who confirmed the incident to journalists in Jalingo, the state capital said the commissioner had gone to the Tudun Wada area of the metropolis with…