Economically engaging the youths is key to tackling Nigeria’s insecurity and other social vices, says Mr. Tein Jack-Rich, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Jack-Rich stated this on Sunday in Owerri, in an interview with newsmen. The 47-year-old Rivers-born businessman said youths had been forced to go …
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#NotTooYoungToRun: Youths march on NASS
Hundreds of young Nigerians marched on the country’s parliament on Tuesday, calling for lawmakers to remove age barriers on political posts, including the presidency. Nigeria’s 1999 constitution stipulates that the president has to be at least 40, while senators and state governors have to be aged 35 or above. But …
Read More »Northern youths order Igbos out of region by October 1
Prominent Northern youth organisations, on Tuesday, rose from a joint meeting called ‘Kaduna Declaration’ to issue a serious threat to the Igbos residing in the region urging them to begin making arrangements to relocate out of the North. The groups gave the Igbo up till October 1, this year to …
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