In a landmark move, the Federal Government has launched the National Youth Dialogue, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at empowering young Nigerians and fostering patriotism among the youth. Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr. Ayodele Olawande, made the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday. This pioneering programmme promises to: – Enhance entrepreneurship skills – Provide cooperative training – Facilitate access to resources – Foster networking opportunities Olawande called on young Nigerians to join forces and drive positive change. “It’s time to exchange ideas and support one another,” he said, emphasizing the need for consistent engagement, entrepreneurship, training, and job opportunities. Olawande…
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The National Coordinator of the Rural Access And Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), Engr. Aminu Bodinga Mohammed has underscored the importance of effective Communication in ensuring the understanding and success of government programmes and policies. Besides, he urged Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government (MDAs) to equip their information managers for the upscale challenges of bringing the citizenry to buy into government policies and programmes through trainings and equipment update. Speaking at the opening of a 5-day capacity building training for the Development Communication Officers, Management Information Officers and other essential staff of the RAAMP in Calabar, the Cross River State…
Members of the St Patrick’s College Asaba Old Boys Association of Nigeria (SPCOBA) have congratulated the Asagba-elect, Prof Epiphany Azinge on his election to ascend the revered throne of the Asaba kingdom. SPCOBA in a congratulatory letter to the new monarch, dated August 19 and jointly signed by its National President, Barr Anthony Odiadi and National Secretary, Col Tajudeen Bakare (rtd), expressed delight at the selection of Prof Azinge, who is also an old boy of the college, as the new Asagba. The association described the election of the erudite Professor of Law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN),…
Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, has arrested Garba Musa Kwankwaso, a nephew to the New Nigeria People’s Party presidential candidate, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government, the Chairman, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Kano State chapter, over their alleged involvement in a drug supply fraud to the 44 local government areas in the state. The anti-graft agency had earlier arrested the Permanent Secretary of the State’s Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Kabawa, over the alleged multi-billion Naira drug supply scam. The agency later arrested others involved in the…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says there’s no room for reconciliation with his successor, Rivers State Governor Governor Siminalayi Fubara. While ruling out the possibility of settling the rift with Fubara, Wike said he’s not going back on his decision on his estranged political son. Wike while addressing a media parley to mark his one year in office as FCT Minister, said he’s focused on delivering President Bola Tinubu’s mandate and not supporting Fubara. Wike and Fubara have been at loggerheads since the governor assumed office following disagreements over the control of party structure and resources in…
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly, and the political class have decided to become bandits against Nigerians. Ezekwesili made the remark on Channels Television’s Politics Today while further faulting the purchase of the new Presidential jet for Tinubu. There have been outcries over the purchase of a new presidential jet for Tinubu’s usage amid the hardship and hunger in the country. Reacting, Tinubu’s aide, Bayo Onanuga said the Nigerian government purchased the aircraft below the market value. However, the former minister urged Nigerians not to pity Tinubu because his policies are in…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, reacted to claims by elder statesman, Edwin Clark, that he’s exploiting his relationship with President Bola Tinubu to intimidate his successor and Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Wike argued that Fubara should be allowed to stand and face the crisis because that’s part of the criteria of being a leader. Clark had in an open letter to the PDP National leadership, on Tuesday, called on the party to expel Wike over his face-off with Fubara. The elder statesman had alleged that the minister was trying to destroy Rivers State with…
Security forces have neutralised no fewer than 27 suspected kidnappers and members of the Eastern Security Network, the security arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra, in Enugu State. This is just as Governor Peter Mbah’s administration has swooped on Biafra separatist groups and other criminal elements. A statement from the Governor’s media office on Wednesday said the suspects were killed in various locations across the state in the past two weeks during shootouts with security operatives. The statement added that some of the neutralised persons were Simon Ekpa’s loyalists. The statement further stated that residents have urged the Governor…
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta Traditionalists in Ogun State, on Tuesday, called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency address the problem of hunger and high increase in prices of goods and services to reduce economic hardship occasioned by subsidy removal. Speaking on behalf of traditionalists in the state, Ojubona Ifakayode Akanbi, from Ijo Orunmila Adulawo, who stated this shortly after praying at Oke Abola Shrine as part of the activities to celebrate the 2024 Isese Day Annual Festival, said it was high time the Tinubu’s administration found solution to persistent inflation in the country. Akanbi expressed concern that…