Tag: Nigerian youths

2023: “If you don’t bid, you can’t win”, Osinbajo advises youths

Aminu Imam

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says if young Nigerians fail to bid for elective offices at the 2023 general elections, they cannot win. Osinbajo made the observation via President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Babajide Omoworare. Omoworare represented Prof. Osinbajo at the opening of a two-day retreat for young legislators at the federal and state levels held yesterday, in Lagos. He said the government had been preparing and equipping the capacity of youths as future leaders. According to him, President Buhari’s assent to the “Not-Too-Young-To-Run’’ Bill,…

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Don’t Allow Yourselves To Be Used As Agents Of Destruction – YAF Appeals To Nigerian Youths

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has appealed to Nigerian youths not to allow themselves to be used as agents of destruction by some aggrieved Nigerians and failed politicians who are bent on using them to cause trouble within the polity. The group, during a press conference in Lagos titled: “61 Independence Anniversary: Peaceful, United, Prosperous Nigeria Is YAF’s Desire,” said it is aware of plans by some aggrieved groups and individuals to violate the laws of the country on October 1, 2021, and from Monday, October 4, 2021, by carrying out…

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74% global youth population in Nigeria, nine others 2035 – World Bank

Aminu Imam

The World Bank, in a new report, states that 74 percent global growth of youth population aged 18–23 will be majorly in Nigeria and nine other countries from 2015 to 2035. The other countries include Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania. The report, titled: ‘Steering tertiary education, toward resilient systems that deliver for all’, emphasised the need for smart investments and reforms in tertiary education systems. According to the report, there will be 377.4 million students by 2030, 471.4 million by…

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Ethnic youth leaders, others describe call for Emefiele’s resignation as baseless, laughable

Aminu Imam

The Council of Ethnic Youth Leaders of Nigeria, (NEYLC), has condemned the call for the resignation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, by the Arewa Youth Assembly. Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had called for the resignation of the CBN Governor over failure to perform. The council, which comprises Ohanaeze, Oduduwa, Arewa and Middle-Belt youth leaders, said the call was to discredit the CBN governor and President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic recovery plans. The groups added that the call is not only baseless, but a…

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“Our youths are a time bomb waiting to explode”, ACF BoT tells Northern govs.

Aminu Imam

The Board of Trustees of Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has observed that Northern youths are a time bomb ready to explode at any moment. According to the ACF, the Northern governors have over the years refused to address the negative socio-economic situation youths from the zone are going through, thereby pushing most of the youths into criminality. Speaking at the second meeting of the Board of Trustees in Kaduna yesterday, the chairman of the BoT, Ambassador Shehu Malami, noted that if urgent steps are not taken to address their plight,…

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‘How Nigerian youths can drive political, economic change’ —  Osinbajo

Aminu Imam

Nigerian youths will play even more critical roles in shaping the country’s political and economic future by becoming more active in politics and encouraging platforms for more constructive engagements on national issues, while driving conversations that will enhance national unity, according to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, (SAN). Prof. Osinbajo stated this during the maiden Progressive Youth Conference organised by the APC Youth wing yesterday, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. The Vice President, who was the guest speaker at the conference, themed: “The Future is a Decision, ” said more political…

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Nigerian youths responsible for bad governance – Pastor Tunde Bakare

Aminu Imam

The General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare has stated that some youths in their 20s and 30s are responsible for Nigeria’s current woes. This was stated by Bakare while speaking at the maiden edition of The Conversation Africa Series, organised by the Legacy Youth Fellowship in Lagos. He said the older generation of leaders are not responsible for the country’s woes but youths who were once entrusted with power. According to the CGCC senior pastor, these youths once trusted with power messed up the…

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2 dead, many injured as Fulani, Nupe youths clash in Kwara

Aminu Imam

A bloody clash between Fulanis and Nupe youths of Pada village, in the Edu local government area of Kwara State, has reportedly claimed the lives of two persons as several others were seriously injured. It was learnt that the bloodly clash occurred at about 9p.m on Monday following an attack on a Fulani settlement in the village. Speaking on the development, the Chairman of the Gaa Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria, (GAFDAN), in the State, Ali Mohammed Jonwuro identified the deceased as Sanda Watanko, while one of the injured persons was…

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Youths ask Goodluck Jonathan to contest 2023 presidential election

Aminu Imam

Nigerians Youths, under the auspices of “Youths Earnestly Demand For Goodluck Jonathan 2023? (YED-4-GEJ 2023), has asked immediate president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, to contest for the position of the President of Nigeria in the 2023 presidential election. The YED-4-GEJ 2023 gave the endorsement in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Prince Teddy Omiloli, yesterday. The group begged Jonathan to come back in 2023 to continue with the ‘trailblazing milestones’ he initiated in his first tenure as President of Nigeria. It also condemned the recent attacks in…

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‘Save Nigeria from collapse’, Matawalle urges youths

Aminu Imam

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has asked the Nigerian youths to rise in defense of the country to save it from total collapse. According to the governor, it is high time Nigerian youths joined politics and be part of the decision-making across all political space in the land. Matawalle stated this in Kaduna yesterday, shortly after receiving an award of ‘Icon of Youth and Student Development’ from the leadership of Northern Youths and Students Forum. The governor was represented at the occasion by a House of Representatives member representing Gusau/Tsafe…

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