Tag: youths
Gbenga Olorunpomi: #30percentOrNothing is for the foolish (Y! Politico)
by Gbenga Olorunpomi “Power cannot be served a La carte.” This is one of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s favorite sayings. For ...
Opinion: Why every youth should support #30percentOrNothing
by Raymond Inkabi “The fault, my dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves…” from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar ...
Superstition! Irate youths attack policemen and suspected ritualist
by Damilola Jagun An angry mob almost lynched three policemen in Unguwar Kofar Dumi, Bauchi, when the officers rescued a ...
Tonye Cole, Bankole Eniola, Adebola Williams, others empower Port-Harcourt youth at Aiki.ng employability conference (PHOTOS)
by Kolapo Olapoju The jobs and employability portal Aiki.ng, powered by The Future Project and Microsoft held another of ...
Bunmi Olaniyan: The citizen activism we saw in Nasarawa (Y! FrontPage)
by Bunmi Olaniyan I realised that rather than celebrate and revel in that much touted political revival ushered in by ...
Don’t be thin, that’s silly: See Funmi Iyanda’s top 10 tips for your life
by Kolapo Olapoju Ace broadcaster, Funmi Iyanda has seen it all and she’s in the best position to dish advise ...
Opinion: Why youths should stop premarital sex
by Adekanmbi Nofisat Omoyemi Pre-marital sex is like lethargy; hence youths should deviate from it. They looked like guilty-stricken couple ...
Lagun Akinloye: NIS stampede highlights Nigeria’s youth employment crisis
by Lagun Akinloye …the stampede was not just a result of poor crowd control but a symptom of Nigeria’s desperate ...
Opinion: Why young people will embrace APC in 2015
by Aver Angweh The APC therefore is the most promising political party in the world right now with its strong ...
Dele Agekameh: Bolaji Abdullahi and the price of loyalty
by Dele Agekameh Now that the Senator has pitted his political camp with the APC, an opposition party that is ...
Perry Brimah: Bama’s 8 hours of Armageddon – How angry should we be?
by Perry Brimah What has happened to the war against Boko Haram since Lt. Col. Sagir Musa was pulled out ...
Perry Brimah: Dear OBJ and IBB, we are ready to be leaders of today, not tomorrow
by Peregrino Brimah We can and will do this with you or without you. We are determined. You are seeing ...
Opinion: Our fathers are traitors
by Tony Usidamen Indeed, the Nigerian society today is full of such “traitor fathers” who have failed to transmit to ...
Tunde Leye: The turnkey generation
by Tunde Leye However, as it happened with the independence struggler generation they forcefully took power from, these men are ...
Opinion: Why youths should belong to a political party
by Henry Okelue None of the parties have any ideology, none at all. Agreed. That is why we, the so ...
Perry Brimah: 2015 election – Nigerian youth must Val their future
by Perry Brimah And February 14th, 2015, a date that expectedly will have Nigeria’s anti-cabal, anti-status-quo, anti-government-magic, pro-time for dynamic ...
Gimba Kakanda: Make no mistakes, #GenVoices is not #OccupyNigeria
by Gimba Kakanda So GenVoices is to end that tradition that reduces the youths to mere aides. We deserve more, ...
Tragic: Cultists kill pregnant woman, student in Ogun
A pregnant woman and a student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic were reportedly killed when youths suspected to be secret ...
Reno Omokri: Opposition leaning youth on Social Media lack moral compass
by Reno Omokri But after it came to light that the bill which they considered obnoxious was in actual fact ...
Opinion: My open letter to Senator David Mark
by Stephen Chukwuma Mr. Senate President, does the term “human rights are universal” mean anything to you and your colleagues ...
Tunde Fagbenle: Nigeria, what a total mess
by Tunde Fagbenle The helpless and hapless President withdraws into his own world of succour in liquor, waiting and hoping ...
Tunde Fagbenle: Anyone above age 30 doesn’t qualify to be called a youth
by Tunde Fagbenle Any unit, from the family to the village to the ethnic to the nation and to the ...
Opinion: Gov. Ajimobi should give youth a chance before it’s too late
by Obisesan Matthew The Youth contributed a large percentage of the votes which ensured Senator Ajimobi’s victory in 2011. ...
Opinion: Re-writing the Nigerian story through youth development
by Philip Amiola There are change agents investing their time, resources and entire personalities towards cultivating a new generation of ...
Opinion: Age, politics and gullible youths
by Chukuemeka Obinna The Nigerian youths are gullible and are made easily available instruments for excessive and unhealthy politicking ...
500 Nigerian youth jailed in Japanese prisons – Bishop Enoch Adebayo
No fewer than 500 Nigerian youths are languishing in Japanese prisons over alleged drugs and other related offences, a Nigerian-born ...
Opinion: Young people and climate change in Nigeria
by Hamzat Lawal As the next COP meeting scheduled to hold in Warsaw in November is weeks away, we as ...
Opinion: To our nation’s youth at Independence
by Adeshola Komolafe Whichever way we want to look at our history, the role of youth in Nigeria’s historical blocks offer ...
#OurNASS: Youth visit Assembly Complex, demand a pay cut for Nigerian lawmakers (WATCH)
by Oge Okonkwo Several Nigerian youth in a peaceful protest on Thursday marched from the parking lot of Eagles Square, ...
Opinion: Challenges before the young African
by Tunji Olaopa When next you think of Nigeria in terms of what is wrong, impossible and confusing; in terms ...