As the University of Lagos was lit last week in commemoration of the 2016 UN International Youth Day on Saturday August 13th, Nigerian youths have been advised to make the best of their situation by embracing entrepreneurship and innovation in order to eradicate poverty. The event had in attendance … [Read more...]
If Youths can vote at 18, we can also be voted for at 18 – Here’s all you missed from the RISE Networks’ UN International Youth Day 2015
As far as Youth Programmes go in Nigeria, it rarely gets better than a Rise Networks’ event. Weeks and weeks of planning and publicity usually always lead to the massive crowds that attend their programmes in every state they go to. The UN International Youth Day 2015 commemoration event was not an … [Read more...]
Keynote Speech By Senate President Bukola Saraki On The Rise Networks’ Commemoration Of UN International Youth Day Conference #IYD2015NG
INNOVATIVE INCLUSION ACROSS GENERATIONS SPEECH BY THE SENATE PRESIDENT, DR. ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI ON THE COMMEMORATION OF RISE NETWORK’S INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY CONFERENCE HELD INSIDE THE MULTI-PURPOSE HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, AKOKA, ON AUGUST 31, 2015. Protocols…… 1. Let me start … [Read more...]
2015 presidential campaign: Continuity or change
(By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje) "Indeed, the unwholesome behaviour of name calling and heating up of the political space has become commonplace in the jamborees called campaigns. Faced with that, some Nigerians believe that they cannot support Buhari against Jonathan, because neither offers any … [Read more...]
Reinventing Senator Chris Ngige’s accomplishments
(By Polycarp Onwubiko) "The political parties contesting elective positions in the forth coming polls have strategised and are expecting the electorate to appreciate their view points on how to improve the fortunes of the masses whose age-long expectations of Eldorado appear to be around the … [Read more...]
The Economic Cost of Jega’s Election Postponement – Nasiru Suwaid
(By Nasiru Suwaid) "Thus, I never cared for what Professor Attahiru Jega said, until the question and answer time, which was around 11:30 pm, when a journalist asked the Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, whether there is any economic cost to the nation, as in price cost of the … [Read more...]
Engaging Nigerian youth in politics and governance
(By Olalekan Odewale) "The precarious state of the economy should be a concern to the Nigerian youth; dwindling revenues have employment implications for the average Nigerian youth. Rising national debt without prerequisite infrastructures must be seen as a future headache to the present day youth. … [Read more...]
Prof Jega Can Only Be Removed From Office Subject To The Approval Of The Senate – Okoi Obono-Obla
(By Okoi Obono-Obla) Since INEC was forced to postpone the date of the Presidential and National Assembly Elections from the original date of 14th February 2015 to the 28th March, 2015 by the National Security Adviser in collusion with the Service Chiefs; the media has been swashed with a deluge of … [Read more...]
Democracy, Deferred: Nigeria’s Postponed Election is an Embarrassment of Bad Choices – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
(By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) "The delusions of Buhari’s spokespeople are better packaged, and obviously free of incumbency’s crippling weight. They blame Jonathan for everything that is wrong with Nigeria, even the most multifarious, ancient knots. They dismiss references to Buhari’s past military … [Read more...]
A whole new perspective on youth mentoring
(By Basheer Tosin Ashafa) "Since the young minds are easily distracted and discouraged from their goals in life, support programs should be established where ideas are encouraged and those with the ideas are trained to perfection. The difference between this and mentoring is that, mentoring is … [Read more...]
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