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The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election Omoyele Sowore said Nigerian youths are only interested in being Personal Assistants to Presidents and governors and not in actually attaining a position of higher authority.   Sowore stated this in an interview on Channels Television while …

She gave the advice on Monday while welcoming members and executives of the Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) to the State House, Abuja, amidst the Easter celebrations. Tinubu received the association with the exchange of season’s greetings and prayer that God would continually lift the nation and …

Two initiatives aimed at fostering greater inclusion and development opportunities for the youth population have been approved by the Federal Executive Council.    These include restructuring of the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) with additional provision for it and institutionalization of a 2% youth quota in all government appointments and women …

A young man named Moses Akanda was killed on Wednesday, March 20, at the Yenizue-Epie community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa state.   The victim was said to have been shot dead amid a chaotic situation triggered by the presence of armed operatives of the National Drug …

Two youths died when a deep well they dug for mining activities collapsed on them in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State.    The incident happened at Shikpeshe, along Buya Road on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.    The two youths suffocated to death inside the mining well while …

The Rivers State Police Command said its men have arrested a notorious cultist, Samuel Nwokoma, over alleged involvement in a series of killings and armed robbery within the Diobu axis of Port Harcourt and other parts of the state.   The spokesperson for the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this …

Women and Youths in Minna, the Niger state capital are currently staging a protest over the high cost of living in the state.    The protesters said the rising cost of food items and poor government efforts to arrest the situation have forced them to block major roads so that …

Actor, Sean Jimoh has slammed Nigerian youths for failing to demand justice for the children kidnapped in Abuja but were quick to begin Justice for late singer,  Mohbad.    In a post shared on Instagram, Jimoh wondered why there hasn’t been any outcry for the abducted kids and wondered if …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says youths in Borno State are drinking fermented human urine, preserved over 10 days, as an alternative to hard drugs.   The Commander of Narcotics of the NDLEA in Borno State, Iliyasu Mani, revealed this in a statement in Maiduguri.   Mani said …

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Auwalu Idi and Habibu Buba, for the murder of one Ibrahim Ahmadu, in the Shira Local Government Area of the state.      Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, November 2, …