Tag Archives: Youths

Lagos – A youth group, Hengo Badagry Youth Association, has condemned the neglect of the Lagos- Badagry- Seme Expressway and the Owode-Apa- Asheri Road, which has degenerated to deep pits causing traffic gridlock, as well as avoidable accidents and deaths. The group noted that the roads have formed safe haven for armed robbers, black spots for extortions and harassment by ...

Osun State government in the last eight years has provided necessary farm inputs and infrastructure that has transformed the fortune of farmers and boost agribusinesses in the state. However, one major albatross is transporting farm produces to market. For years it was gathered farmers were running at a loss, as their produce perishes before getting to market. This has become ...

Considering the alarming rate of youth unemployment in the country and its negative effect on the economy, the Universal Learn Direct Academy is empowering youths to solve the endemic housing and infrastructural problems in Nigeria. Funmi Ogundare reports Youth development and empowerment have been recognised as vital stages in life for building the human capital that allows young people to ...

The Coalition of Jos Concerned Youths Associations yesterday protested over abandoned road projects in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State by the administration of Governor Simon Lalong. The coalition, comprising 19 youth groups, asked the governor to either complete the projects or forget his reelection bid. Speaking on behalf of the coalition, Buhari Ibrahim Shehu, said: “We urge ...

Youths from Eastern Obolo, an Ijaw-speaking local government area in Akwa Ibom State, have commended Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, for the completion of the Ikot Akpaden-Okoroette Road, the only access road to their area. The youths on the platform of One Sure Project and drawn from 10 wards of Eastern Obolo, made the ...

Delta State Government has finally certified the ongoing controversial N736.4-million Ikpide-Irri riverine community road project, awarded to Portplus Limited, in Isoko South Local Government Area of the State, as substandard. Concerned indigenes of the Ikpide-Irri community and a pan-Isoko group, Isoko Monitoring Group (IMG), had petitioned Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over the usage of substandard materials in the execution of the ...

The Plateau State government has said the people protesting the Barkin-ladi killings that claimed over 86 lives invaded the Government House on Wednesday and in the process destroyed public property worth millions of naira. A statement by the director of press and public affairs, Emmanuel Nanle, Wednesday night sent to journalists in Jos and obtained on Thursday morning, said the ...

Security operatives in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, in Saturday, struggled to control protesting youths, who blocked roads over the killing of their kinsmen by unknown gunmen. There had been reported cases of killing of innocent people within Arangai and Mangu Halle villages with the latest on Friday when two children of a clergy were killed in cold ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Katsina State has confirmed that 11 youths lost their lives in a road accident Sunday night while celebrating Sallah. Mr. Godwin Ngueku, the Katsina Sector Commander of the corps, confirmed the incident to the on Monday in Katsina. Ngueku said that the accident occurred when on a Peugeot Saloon Car carrying the youths ...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, says the National Housing Programme initiated by the Federal Government has yielded its first expected result of creating employment for youths. Fashola said this on Friday in Owerri during an inspection of the National Housing Programme site in Imo State. He said that the programme was initiated as part of ...