Tag: Youths

Youths storm Jonathan’s Abuja home, urge him to join 2027 race

Aminu Imam
Youths storm Jonathan’s home

A group of youths, under the aegis of the Coalition for Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday stormed the Abuja residence of former President Goodluck Jonathan, urging him to contest the 2027 presidential election. The supporters gathered around Taraba Close in the Maitama area of Abuja, chanting solidarity songs and displaying placards calling on the former Nigerian leader to return to active politics. The rally reportedly caused heavy traffic within the upscale district as demonstrators danced and waved banners bearing inscriptions such as: ‘GEJ: Nigeria is dying, save it’, and: ‘GEJ, if you…

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“Let youth be part and parcel of leadership today” – Obasanjo

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Obasanjo insists

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo says adults and societal leaders owe it to the youth to provide truthful, transparent, transformational, and selfless leadership. Obasanjo stated this in Abeokuta yesterday, at the grand reunion and maiden lecture series of the Royal College of Defence Studies, United Kingdom Alumni Association, Nigerian chapter. The former president delivered a lecture titled: ‘The Challenges of Youth in a Fractured World’. Obasanjo, represented by the Deputy Director, Olusegun Obasanjo Leadership Institute, Prof. Samuel Daramola, defined youth as a period between childhood and adulthood marked by vitality, idealism, hope,…

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“We are not part of IPOB” – Igala Youth

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Igala Youth

The Igala Youth Council in Kogi State has condemned the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for including the Igala ‘nation’ in their proposed ‘United States of Biafra’ without their consent. This strong stance was taken during an emergency meeting held in response to a viral video outlining IPOB’s plan for a 40-State Biafran nation. The Igala Youth Council emphasised that the Igala ‘nation’ was never consulted or invited to discuss this proposal and therefore, rejects IPOB’s attempt to include them in their secessionist agenda. The council’s National Publicity Secretary,…

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“You can’t be Lagos gov. in 2027” – Lagos youths to Seyi Tinubu

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Lagos youths 2 Seyi

Youths, under the aegis of Coalition of Lagos Indigenous Youths, have rejected the recent endorsement of the son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Seyi, for Lagos State Governorship contest in 2027 by a group known as Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders (CONYL), saying there is no vacancy for non-indigene to occupy Alausa Government House. The Coalition, which made this declaration yesterday, in an issued statement, signed by its President, AbdulKareem Whyte, added that those promoting the ambition of a non-indigene ahead of the scheduled time should perish the thought  based…

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Islamic clerics, after meeting Tinubu, appeal to youths to shelve planned protests

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Islamic clerics appeal

A group of Islamic clerics have appealed to young Nigerians to shelve the planned protest schedule for August 1, saying it won’t yield any positive result. The clerics made their appeal following their meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. The President had held separate meetings with APC governors, traditional rulers from around the country, and Islamic clerics. The meetings were part of efforts to prevent the breakdown of law and order as young Nigerians prepare for a nationwide protest. After the meeting with the President, the JIBWIS president, Sheikh…

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“Take charge of governance” – Obasanjo urges youth

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Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, says that many Nigerians don’t believe in the country, but argued that there’s no alternative. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerian youths to seize the opportunity to take over governance, asserting that if they don’t do so now, they might never have the chance again. Speaking at the ‘Emerging Political Leaders Fellowship’ programme, organised by the Bridge Foundation in Abuja, Obasanjo encouraged the youth to be positively disruptive in their pursuit of political power. “You are the leaders of today; if you don’t…

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‘Japa’ Syndrome: FG advises frustrated youths to remain in Nigeria

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The Federal Government has called on “frustrated” Nigerian youths to remain in the country instead of travelling abroad to take up menial jobs to survive. NCAC Director-General, Olusegun Runsewe, gave the advice during a tourism and culture stakeholders meeting on Tuesday in Abuja. Specifically, the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) advised Nigerian youths to shun the ‘Japa syndrome’, saying it does not guarantee a shortcut to affluence. Runsewe gave instances where some youths travel abroad to embrace menial jobs, which they found difficult to practice in Nigeria. He said…

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Naira Notes: “Place el-Rufa’i, Ganduje others on watchlist” – Ohanaeze youths to DSS, Police 

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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has expressed shock over comments made by Governors Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State; Umar Ganduje, of Kano state and others against President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on Thursday. The group described the comments as treasonable. Recall that el-Rufa’i had while faulting President Muhammadu Buhari’s national broadcast, said some persons were plotting a military takeover. He had claimed that the cash crunch was planned along with the fuel shortage existing since September 2022 so that the 2023 elections “do not hold at all, leading to…

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2023: ‘Exclusion of youths from power recipe for radicalisation, criminalisation’ EU chief warns

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Following a decline in youth candidacy for the 2023 general elections, the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela Isopi has warned against the dire consequences of excluding youths from political participation and decision-making. Isope, who spoke on Wednesday, in Abuja at a two-day conference for 150 young legislative candidates across the country, organised by Yiaga Africa regretted that young people were being excluded from power worldwide despite having a population of about 1.2 billion, aged between 15 and 24. She said: “The world today is very young, the world…

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‘2023 polls, time to rewrite Nigeria’s history’ – Ohanaeze, Arewa, Afenifere youths, others

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Apex youth organisations in the country, including the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yoruba Youth Council, Niger-Delta Youth Coalition, National Youth Council of Nigeria and other similar bodies, yesterday concluded what they described as “strategic dialogue’, with a call on young people to seize the opportunity of the 2023 polls to make their voices heard and also re-write the nation’s history. The leaders of the youth groups made the call at a world press conference in Abuja, with the theme: “The Youths have awakened for a…

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