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Nigeria: Club Organizes Party for Abuja Children's HomeOrphanage Football Club, Karu, Thursday organized a New Year party for children of the Abuja Children's Home, Karu, Abuja.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 00:10
Ghana: NDC Supporters Celebrate in Grand Style in Regions
It was unique celebration by the majority of residents in the Central Region immediately Prof. John Evans Atta Mills was declared president-elect of Ghana by Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), reports David Allan Paintsil.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 18:17
Nigeria: Subowa Gets Ijamido Children's Home Awards
The Serving Union Bank Officers/Wives Association (SUBOWA) and Mrs. Jane Ebong, its President, were among the recipients of meritorious awards conferred by the Ijamido Children's Home, Ota, Ogun State to mark the Home's 50th anniversary celebrations.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 13:30
Nigeria: Wamakko Spends N500 Million on Youths
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has said his administration spent more than N500 million on the skills acquisition programme in more than one year.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 12:34
Nigeria: Minister Makes Case for Youths
Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Yakubu Ibrahim Lame, has said human capacity development remains a fundamental key to the future of youths as well as the socio-economic development of any society.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 12:34
Nigeria: Youths On Rampage Over Fasubaa's Death
Tension is mounting in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, following the gruesome murder of Mr Kehinde Fasubaa, who is a prominent indigene of the town and a top official of the Finance and Administration Department, Northern Region, Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), by yet to be identified assailants.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:41
Nigeria: Govt Places 50 Kids for Adoption
Ondo State government through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development had, in the last four years, placed for local and international adoption, 50 children abandoned or endangered through unfavourable circumstances of their births.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:41
Nigeria: Youths Commends Yar'Adua Over Ministerial Appointments
Some youths under the auspices of Youth for Good Governance in Niger Delta (YOGIND) has commended President Umar Yar'Adua for the creation of the Niger Delta Ministry as well as the appointment of their sons to head the newly created ministry.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 10:33
Nigeria: Muslim Youths Condemn Gaza Attack
The National Council of Muslim Youth Organisation, NACOMYO, has condemned in its entirety what it described as "Israeli genocides in killing of defenceless women, men, and children as well as bombings and destruction of mosques, homes and other public infrastructure in Gaza causing the death of about 600 people in seven days."
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 09:14
The President Can Stop Child Sacrifice
RECENTLY media reports carried a story "100 children go missing in one month."
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 08:52
Rwanda: Youths Honour Genocide Victims in Bugesera
Rwandan students based in the Diaspora yesterday paid tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis in Bugesera district.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 08:09
Rwanda: Over 34,000 Orphans Given School Supplies
CHF International, a non-profit humanitarian aid organisation, has donated school materials to at least 34,000 orphans and vulnerable children ahead of the beginning of the academic year.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 08:09
Uganda: Adopted Child Visits Sanyu Babies
THEY might be missing their biological parents but the children at Sanyu Babies' Home, Mengo had a fantastic Christmas party recently.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 07:27
Pope Charges Nations to Fight Poverty, Ensure Peace
CATHOLIC Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI has called on nations of the world and individuals to play an active part in fighting poverty as a means of building world peace in his message on the Word Day of Peace.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 21:57
Eritrea: NUEYS Stresses Agitation Programs To Upgrade Youth Skills
The Chairman of the National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students (NUEYS), Mr. Sultan Seid, stated that agitation programs directed to youths should be educational that focuses on upgrading their skill and knowledge, as well as preserving societal values. He made the remarks at a workshop on developing the Union's media outlets.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 18:19
95,000 Apply for Oshiomhole's 10,000 Jobs
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomohle of Edo State has disclosed that over 95, 000 persons from the state have so far applied for the on-going employment exercise under the Edo Youth Employment Scheme (EYES).
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 17:08
NFF Cancels Kenya Acclimatisation Trip
The proposed playing tour of the Flying Eagles to Nairobi, Kenya in preparation for the forthcoming African Youth Championship in Rwanda has been cancelled by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:33
Protecting the Akwa Ibom Child
Horrendous tales are told daily by news media around the world, but recent stories of unspeakable torture and murder of Akwa Ibom children under the guise of religion are depressing.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:26
Nigeria: Rep Wants NYSC Scheme Scrapped
The deputy chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Labour, Rep. Chukwuma Umeoji has called for the scrapping of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) saying the programme has lost focus.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:04
Nigeria: Making NYSC Relevant
THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), slipped to near irrelevance before last November's killing of three youth corps members in the Jos crisis. The deaths form a new anchor for calls to scrap the NYSC, a case of a wrong, permanent cure for a bad headache.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 12:04
Nigeria: Youths Threaten to War in Gboko
As Gboko the political headquarters of the Tiv Nation is bedeviled by a protracted political crises that has culminated in the impending sack of the Simon Abua led administration, youths of the local government council under the aegis of Gboko Youths Forum have issued an ultimatum to those they alleged are behind the crises rocking Gboko to desist or face their wrath.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:59
Nigeria: FCT Youths Take to Fish Farming
Following the economic hardship and lack of jobs, youths in the FCT have ventured into fish farming to make ends meet.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:45
Junior Wasps Ran Riot in Tunisia
If there is anything that Amavubi Stars need to learn from their junior counterparts 'Junior Wasps', then it is to score goals.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 10:05
Nigeria: Poor Girl-Child Education Worries Niger
Niger State has been recording a steady decline in the enrolment of girl-child into higher educational institutions, heightening the fears that the state may not meet up the 30 percent world minimum representation of women in all socio-economic and political development by the year 2020.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 09:42
Africa: CBAAC Hosts Exhibition, Yuletide Show
In another initiative to fulfil its mission statement "to promote public interest in the understanding and appreciation of Black and African arts and culture, with a view to emphasizing the contributions of black and African people to world civilization, the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) recently organized a painting competition for children.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 09:41
Nigeria: Country Leads in Child Labour
Nigeria is top on the list of countries involved in the use of child labour in Africa. Also poverty, ignorance and other factors are said to be responsible for child abuse in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 09:36
Nigeria: Inside Jigawa Youth Empowerment Centre
The activities of the youth to a large extent determines the future of this country. They should not be left alone without any aid from the different governmental levels of the federation.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 09:30
Uganda: Three Kids Die of Rabies, Seven Infected
THREE children have been reported dead in the last two weeks and seven others are in danger after being bitten by a rabid dog in Nyakasozi village in Kibaale district.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 08:18
Uganda: Burn Child Killers - Mukono Boss
PERPETRATORS of child ritual murders do not deserve to be arraigned before court but should be exterminated, Mukono district LC5 chairman, Francis Lukooya, has said.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 08:18
Uganda: Gulu Youth Volunteers Clean Town
YOUTH volunteers in Gulu on Monday cleaned the town as part of the activities to mark a four-day youth conference in the district.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 07:52
Young Engineer Presents Agric Equipment to President Jammeh
Buba Janneh, a young Gambian engineer, presented agricultural equipment, a milling machine and a multipurpose ox-drawn machine he manufactured to President Yahya Jammeh.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 07:15
Nayconf Resolution Calls for Children's Affairs Dep't
Delegates from the seven regions, including international delegates, adopted the final resolutions conceived by the young people, at the end of the week long confab - the 2008 biennial National Youth Conference and Festival (Nayconf) held in Farafenni, North Bank Region.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Jan-2009 07:15
Nigeria: Scribe Stresses Need for Child Counselling
Aguidance and counsellor in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Post Primary School Management Board (PPSMB), Mrs Beatrice Ogerenyi, has stressed the need for children counseling saying those who impose career on their children ruin their future.Speaking at a workshop in Abuja, she expressed dissatisfaction at parents for imposing careers on their wards.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 10:09
Nigeria: 'Youth Empowerment, Tool for Sustainable Devt'
If Nigeria must become a top 20 country by 2020, all forms of youth empowerment must be encouraged to develop value-adding future leaders and captains of the country's economy, Principal Consultant of Lonadek Oil and Gas Consultants, Dr. Ibilola Amao has said.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 08:20
Nigeria: We Must Protect Youths Serving the Nation, Father of Slain Corps Member Tells FG
The father of Leke Taiwo, one of the slain corps members in the recent Jos mayhem, Pa Josiah Akande, yesterday admonished President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to ensure the safety of youth corps member at their places of primary assignment.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 08:20
Nigeria: Efforts At Improving the Youths
The youths form an integral part of the society and any human society that wants progress normally invests in them. This truism has prompted some stakeholders in Kankia council area of Katsina State into taking actions that would impact the youth. Already, meaningful investments have been made in the education sector and projects are being executed to boost school enrollment. They then made deliberations from two angles.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Dec-2008 08:20
Two Year Old is Beaten And is Now Political Detainee
A two year old baby boy has been held in prison with his mother for two months and allegedly beaten by state security agents who also kidnapped his parents over an alleged plot to overthrow the Mugabe regime.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 20:53
Nigeria: JTF Arrests Attackers of NAOC Flow Station
The Joint Task force has arrested two prominent Bayelsans over their involvement in the Christmas day attack on the Tebidaba flow station belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in which some lives were lost.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 09:47
Nigeria: Monarch Seeks More Employment Opportunities for Youths
The traditional ruler of Owerri, Eze Emmanuel Njemanze, has appealed to the federal and state governments to come up with more proactive methods of creating employment for the youths.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 09:47
Nigeria: Wotclef Fetes Children
The Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF) on Monday in Abuja rounded off 2008 with an end-of-year party for children.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 09:42
Uganda: Chief Irked By Child Sacrifice
PEOPLE practicing human sacrifice have been told to stop the act.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 08:40
Uganda: Child Sexual Abuse a Mishandled Crime
THE crime of child abuse has taken an endless cycle. This year, children have been threatened more than ever before.
Source : AllAfrica | 30-Dec-2008 08:27
Nigeria: Don't Be Used, Esu Karu Warns Youths
The Esu Karu, His Royal Highness, Pharm Luka Panya Baba, has called on youths resident in Karu local government, not to allow themselves to be used by anti- progressive people to cause unrest in the country, saying the government had good plans to better their lives if they remained law abiding.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 11:27
Nigeria: Welfare of Youth - Peace Corps Commends Suswam
The Benue State commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria has commended the exemplary leadership role of the Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam for the fatherly manner in which he has encouraged youths in the state.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 11:16
Nigeria: Ijaw Youths Want Ribadu Investigated Over Alleged Oil Block
Ijaw Youths, yesterday staged a peaceful protest in support of the dismissal of the former Chairman of the Economic and Finacial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, tasking the Federal Government to investigate the alleged allocation of an oil well to him by past administration.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 11:01
Nigeria: Tackling the Witchcraft Question in Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom State has been in the news recently over child-witchcraft. The phenomenon, usually discussed in hushed tunes, found its way into the public arena when a British Television Channel, 'Channel 4', featured one Sunday Williams, a "Bishop," who claimed he had killed 110 children who were said to have witchcraft. Williams claimed that the state, with 3.9 million people, had 2.3 million witches and wizards.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Dec-2008 10:32