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Federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with the youth to promote peace, stability, and national development, in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.” The secretary to the government of the federation, Senator George Akume, gave the assurance when a delegation from the Niger Delta Progressive Youth Leadership Foundation, led by […]
The Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development has received approval from the Borno State government to extend its humanitarian, human rights, and peace-building initiatives to the Bama local government area, one of the communities most affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. This development was announced yesterday when the foundation’s executive director, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin, visited […]
The leadership of the Wilson & Yinka Badejo Foundation (WYBF) has charged the new chairman of its Board of Trustees (BoT), Rev. Adedimeji Adegbesan, to use his tenure to impact communities, empower youths and deliver on the visions of its founding fathers. The charge came during the foundation’s 18th annual event at the Nigerian Institute […]
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the SOS Children’s Villages, has graduated 500 youths trained in barbing, cap making, soap making, and petroleum jelly production in its post-flood recovery programme in Borno State. The group’s programme helped to address the humanitarian crisis created by the September 10, 2024, flood in Maiduguri and its environs by supporting the […]
As millions worldwide mark World Youth Day, the Shettima Yerima Movement has called on youths in Kaduna State to remain peaceful and law-abiding. According to the group, sustainable progress can only be achieved in a peaceful society. In a statement signed by its leader, Abubakar Abdullahi, the movement commended Comrade Shettima Yerima for his contributions […]
Gombe State Police Command said its operatives in Zambuk Division in Yamaltu Deba local government area have arrested Mohammed Tukur, 55, of Sabon Gari Village, for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl identified as Zulei Malam Dahiru. Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, said in a statement that the victim was rushed to the […]
Kano State House of Assembly has suspended Muhammad Naziru, the chairman of Rano Local Government Area, for three months over alleged financial misappropriation. Naziru was suspended after the House Committee on Public Petitions, chaired by the majority leader, Hon. Husseini Lawan, adopted a report at plenary yesterday .Presenting the report before the House, Lawan said […]
Former Chief of Army Staff General Yusuf Buratai has urged Nigerian youths to embrace discipline, patriotism, and non-violence as key pillars of nation-building. Buratai addressed Nigerian youths in Abuja at the launch of his protégé, Dr M.S. Abubakar’s latest book, ‘Life Principles For Greatness From Life of General Tukur Yusufu Buratai’. The book marks the […]
Senator Sunday Steve Karimi has completed a 288-seater Modern Digital Learning and Test Centre, popularly known as a CBT Centre in Titcombe College, Egbe in Kogi State. Senator Karimi, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, is an old boy of the college. He said that, having realized the hardship faced by […]
The federal government and the United Kingdom (UK) have called on the Nigerian media to adopt conflict-sensitive reporting as part of efforts to foster peace and stability in the livestock sector. At a two-day media engagement workshop in Abuja, Dr. Adeniyi Adedoyin, who represented the minister of Livestock Development, said journalists have a crucial role […]