…They are not security checkpoints but extortion, humiliation points …The checkpoints have become commercial banks, and security agents serve as the cashiers …Security agents treat South-East commuters as prisoners of war, this must stop — Igbo youths …They extort with…
Alia approves recruitment of 253 youths for Benue digital agency
Gov. Hyacinth Alia, has approved the recruitment of a technical team for the Benue State Digital Infrastructure Services Management Enforcement Agency (BENDISMEA). Alia, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sir Tersoo Kula, said that with the approval,…
No food for lazy man, Remi Tinubu tells youths
First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday, charged Nigerian youths to be hardworking, saying “There is no food for the lazy man.” She spoke at the palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The first lady…
Police read riot act to herdsmen, youths over killings, arson in Ondo community
The Ondo state police commissioner, Abayomi Oladipo, has warned herdsmen and youths in Uba/ Eshimeri Akoko and Aduloju camp, in Akoko South West, against killings and arson in the community. Abayomi, vowed to bring to book the killers of a…
Ekiti lawmaker urges youths to give Tinubu more time
Rep Kolawole Akinlayo (APC-Ekiti) has urged youths in the country to give President Bola Tinubu more time to address their concerns. The lawmaker who made the appeal while addressing newsmen on Monday in Abuja, said that bad governance did not…
Protest: Accept FG’s olive branch, Ekiti Rep urges Nigerians
The lawmaker representing Ekiti North II in the House of Representatives, Akinlayo Davidson Kolawole, has called on Nigerians, especially youths, to accept the measures and palliatives of the Federal Government in its effort to persuade them to halt the ongoing…
Benue youths protest killings, block road, LG office
Youths in their tens on Wednesday blocked the Ayati -Sai road in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State to protest the incessant killings in the area. The youths also invaded the council secretariat in Zaki Biam, headquarters of Ukum…
Police sue for calm as Ondo youths protest ‘assault’ by EFCC operatives
The Ondo State Police Command has called for calm as youths stormed major roads in Akure, the Ondo State capital, to protest alleged brutality of the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). EFCC operatives had in the…
Reps seek action against drug abuse among women, girls
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon Kafilat Adetola Ogbara, has called for a state of emergency on insecurity, trafficking and drug abuse among married women, young girls and the youths in the country. She…
‘We can’t say for sure,’ Youth Minister speaks on raising corps members’ allowance
The Minister of Youth Development, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, says it is not certain that the Federal Government will increase the monthly allowance of serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Bio-Ibrahim, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday…