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Dear Readers, It is our pleasure to welcome to another beautiful and fresh edition of Nigeria’s number 1 youth-friendly magazine YOUTHVILLE. As you make this week’s edition your companion for the weekend, we are assuring you of the best stories from the business, entertainment, fashion and education world.

As our personality of the week, Comrade Ado Abdulwahab the Youth Project Director of Buharian Culture Organization, an NGO based in Abuja said the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State could create over 400,000 jobs to engage youth. Read more of his youthful disclosures in our REFLECTIONS page.

On our SHOWTIME page, the skinny belts are trending on #YouthvilleFashion. Have you wondered what they are and how they add to ladies’ regal grace? Susan Eniolorunda, the Abuja’s Most Beautiful Girl has extended love to many this month. Read more this exciting report in this edition.

Chris Kwekowe, a 22 year-old entrepreneur has won a whopping sum of $25,000 in Anzisha 2015 Prize for African Youth Entrepreneurship awards.

How did he do it? In the same spirit of winning, the Glisten International Academy emerged winners of the Abuja Basketball championship. You would be surprised who their runners up were. The BIZWIZ/SPORTSVILLE has the reports for your reading delight.

Some 36 Nigerian youth were hosted at the Embassy in Ghana recently during their Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) training. Read how they would want to support Nigeria in BACKPACK. Get a copy of DAILY TRUST YOUTHVILLE every week and stay up-to-date with the latest news from the fashion, health, entertainment and education world.

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Senators’ dress scrutiny continues on social media

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ecently, Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe (PDP, Abia South) queried the dressing of Senator Mallam Ali Wakili (APC, Bauchi South).

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had asked Wakili to lay a petition he presented on behalf of the students of Bauchi State over exorbitant school fees at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU).

While he was on his way to lay it, Abaribe raised a point of order, saying Wakili should not

be allowed to lay the petition as he was not properly dressed.

“Mr. President, my distinguished colleague is not properly dressed (black suit without a necktie), as such, he should not be allowed to lay the petition. He is wearing suit without a tie,” Abaribe said.

In his response, Wakili faulted Abaribe’s observation, saying “I’m properly dressed and if you look at the way Obama dresses, you will appreciate my dressing.”

In response netizen Mukhtar

Aminu Adamu wrote “There is nothing wrong with the dressing, He should focus on his legislative duty and mind his business.”

And Umaru Salisu posted “I applauded Sen. Abaribe, for, if Sen. Wakili had dressed like Sardauna or Tafawa Balewa, no one would have questioned his appearance.”

While Ahmadu Audu said “sign of joblessness and lack of ideas to represent his people.

People like Abaribe should not be voted.”

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Youth empowerment: Ajaokuta Steel can create 400,000 jobs

Comrade Ado Murtala Abdulwahab is the Youth Project Director of Buharian Culture Organization, an NGO based in Abuja. He is an agriculture consultant, and a youth activist. In this interview, the Okene born indigene of Kogi State told YOUTHVILLE that government would need to act fast in creating more jobs, and why youth must engage in politics.

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hat work have you done recently?

I am into Agribusiness and I have written proposals for some states on how youths can be empowered through agriculture in the area of crop production and protection, poultry, mechanized farming, fishery, snailery and other small scale farming.

I have also worked with some agriculture firms like the Farm Woman and Universal Services, where we collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture to do a lot of workshops and trainings on fishery, grass cutter rearing and snailery mostly in Akure, Ibadan, Osogbo and Abeokuta. We were able to empower more than 3000 youths on these and today they are making progress.

I am also planning to work with the Arewa Young Farmers Initiative to advance youth entrepreneurial skills through Agriculture for self-employment and reliance in Northern Nigeria.

Has any of your proposals been approved yet?

The Nigerian system is very dicey and lacks continuity.

Normally in a sane society when government recognises a good idea of benefit to the masses, it ensures it gets implemented immediately even when the incoming government is not in good terms with the previous, they carry out the good policies of their predecessors but not in Nigeria. We brought to the table of some state governors in the North, Agric proposals under AYES (Agric Youth Empowerment Scheme) and it got approval from some but before its implementation, the Buhari hurricane swept some while others could not get their anointed candidate succeed them, so we’re starting from scratch again and that’s our major challenge but we are not giving up, because we are determined to achieve our goals.

How do you think government should empower youths?

We’re hoping that the new government should implement some of the promised policies for youth because we supported him. I am advising that with the economy

in crises, we should diversify and in diversification, agriculture is the way forward for the immediate and lasting solution to unemployment.

Let our father, President Buhari look into the Ajaokuta Steel Company critically. We have about 40 components in Ajaokuta, and each can employ 10,000 people which makes it 400,000 jobs at a go and the ripple effect will give over 2million jobs in the 1st phase and still have 2 more phases untouched because Ajaokuta is in three phases. So what is the government waiting for? Moribund industries like Ajaokuta need to be revived for youths to get these jobs.

This will reduce social vices, poverty and youth restiveness.

The N5,000 stipend promised is a welcome development but giving us free money isn’t going to empower us, we need to be taught the skills for self-reliance of which agriculture and the Ajaokuta steel firm are quite a near solution.

You are interested in politics, how can more youth engage positively in this?

We, the youth, have complained that politics has not gone the way we want, but out of fear and economic locale, the vast majority have refused to come out to participate.

However, some emerging political class like Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Hon. Amaechi, PMB and Prof. Osinbajo are bringing some youth into the system during the elections as members of their team and they got the results.

Politics involves lots of calculations; it was obvious that President Muhammadu Buhari of 2003, 2007, 2011 was quite different from that of 2015 and the credit goes to the rebranding and mild touch from the youth.

The 2015 elections have proven that youth are an integral part of political success in the country because we constitute 60-65 per cent of voters and with that percentage we have to as a must participate in determining and shaping the future of the country.

Do you have some advice for youth on empowering themselves?

We constitute the vast majority of voters and must capitalize on that by demanding for a stake in all facets in the country. Our power is limitless and we must unite to

take part and take charge in decision making for our dear country whether you’re from the North or South, Muslim or Christian.

We should criticize the government constructively and offer solutions after the criticism. We must as youth need to actively participate in politics; and must note that if we leave it to the old folks, they are not going to fade away or leave the stage for us freely. We need to come out and empower ourselves politically. With some young zeal and the social media, we can take over more than 23 government houses in the next eight years.

Let our father, President Buhari look into the Ajaokuta Steel Company critically. We have about 40 components in Ajaokuta, and each can employ 10,000 people which makes it 400,000 jobs at a go and the ripple effect will give over 2million jobs

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FASHIONNEWS >>

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kinny belts have come in and out of fashion several times over time. The word “skinny” is used to describe narrow belts most likely derived from the popularity of “skinny jeans,” or jeans with very narrow legs. They are narrow women’s belts, usually no more than 1 to 1.5 inches (2.54 to 3.81 cm) in width.

Speaking to YOUTHVILLE on why they wear skinny belts, a lady who simply gave her name as Abebe said “I use them to highlight my waistline

Stay trendy with ‘skinny belts’

and add details to a plain dress”.

Another respondent Michelle Joseph said it enhances the beauty of the outfit she’s wearing. “I love these skinny belts because it brings out the beauty of the clothes I wear whether gowns or trousers”, she also added that these skinny belts added colour to whatever someone wears especially if the colour of the outfit is a dull one.

Skinny belts are classy, chique and beautiful. If you add them to your dressing, they bring out the beauty in whatever you wear.

SHOWBIZNEWS >>

Face of Culture Queen shows love in Abuja Text by Mustapha Suleiman

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he reigning Face of Culture Nigeria Queen, Susan Eniolorunda has extended love and care to the physically challenged and the motherless.

The Kogi State born beauty queen flanked by her team led by Amb. Roland Owualah, President of the brand to visit the Abuja School for the Blind last weekend where they encouraged them not to see their disability as retrogressive and donated some materials

as well as food stuffs for their use.

Addressing the kids, Eniolorunda said they should not see their condition as a weakness, but rather strive to achieve their desired ambitions, adding that she will ensure her office gives them the necessary love and attention.

At the St. Theresa Motherless Babies Home, she had some fun with the kids. Susan who recently won her title at the 15th Anniversary edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Abuja displayed high level of benevolence to the orphans who were obviously excited in her presence. She distributed educational materials, noodles and other souvenirs to the kids.

The Baze University Law undergraduate is set to launch her pet project commenced the process with this charity visitation.

FOODNEWS >> Ekpang-nkwuko: How well do you savour this?

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ocoyam Porridge (known as Ekpangnkwuko in local parlance) is one of the traditional delicacies of the Efiks and Ibibios. This meal is now relished by many across the country. It contains Text by Eseohe Ebhota @sleek_diva88 almost all the basic classes of food and the flavour and the taste is mouth-watering.

As one of Nigerian’s cocoyam recipes, it is made with grated cocoyam, water yam, cocoyam leaves and periwinkles.

Ekpang Nkwukwo is so special that it is reserved for special occasions. The dish is spiced up with so many other ingredients and the nutritional contents cannot be rivaled. The meal, however, is not an everyday meal as it is so special and it is reserved for special occasions.

Idy Afia, a native of Akwa Ibom state who resides in Area One in the Abuja City Centre told YOUTHVILLE that it is one of her favourite meals because it contains all the essential body-building vitamins and “it is also tasty and very colourful.”

Usually wrapped in vegetables which are so rich in vitamins, there certainly cannot be Ekpang without periwinkles.

This is because of the health benefits associated with periwinkles which are said to be low in fat and calories but contain protein, Omega-3 fatty acid and water.

Ivuorie takes human trafficking before youth Text by Judd-Leonard Okafor

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obore Ivuorie, a journalist who famously went undercover late last year to investigate the process of a multibillion naira sex trafficking syndicate working between Nigeria and Europe has taken up a crusade to stop young Nigerians falling into the clutches of human traffickers.

The “I’m not to be sold” project debuted with hundreds of secondary school students of Speedladder School in Alagbado, Lagos, where children are learning about human trafficking by putting original short stories and poems.

“It’s good to dream about going overseas to further your education and for other legitimate reasons but never get desperate lest you’re taken advantage of particularly by traffickers,” said Ivuorie, founder of the non-profit Media Initiative Against Human trafficking and Women Rights Abuse (MIAHWRA), which is behind the project.

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Ovuorie has begun teaching students some to identify signs in children being lured by traffickers and those already trafficked.

Oreoluwa Folarin, a JSS1 student whose 13-line poem won first place in the junior category, said, “I now know much about human trafficking and would ensure I don’t fall victim to those evil people. I will also tell my friends about human trafficking and how they can stay safe.”

Sandra Oyedele, a final-year student, won first position with a short story themed on modern day slavery.

MIAHWRA, which was launched August this year, seeks to contribute to the prevention and eradication of sexual exploitation, human trafficking and abuse of children and women.

It plans to go round the country with a campaign to create awareness about human trafficking and abuse of women.

BIZWIZ/SPORTS

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Fashion design gets lucrative only with hard work - Fatima

Text by Latifat Opoola @LatifatOpoola Fashion designing like any other business is very lucrative but only when you are determined and hardworking enough to want to see that success,” the CEO of Fw Couture, Mrs Fatima Sulaiman Bello has said.

The designer started the business a few years after graduating from University because of the passion she has for designing.

“After graduating from the University and awaiting my NYSC programme, I decided to enrol in a fashion design class, lucky enough for me i have an understanding husband who encourages the idea of entrepreneurship and there I learnt the art of sewing, marketing and packaging of my goods”.

The indigene of Bida in Niger State who holds a degree in industrial chemistry from the University of Abuja is currently pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) at the College of Education, Zuba in Niger State.

She said although the business is a very lucrative job, as it enables her have daily income in her pocket, she is also faced with a few challenges, the most persistent is the “constant failure of power supply which in turn adds to the cost of production.”

Fatima said she started the couture with N150,000 earned through savings and family donations; she used it to purchase industrial sewing machines and other sewing materials for her operations.

Her business in sewing and selling of readymade wears is growing beyond her expectation because of the patronage she enjoys.

She called on youths to ensure they are entrepreneurial enough to create their own jobs and not wait on government because government cannot do it alone.

Chris Kwekowe 22, founder of Slatecube and winner of the Anzisha entrepreneurship award. He is flanked by the first runner up, Fabrice Alomo from Cameroon and the second runner up, Mabel Suglo from Ghana.

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Enterprise: 22 year old Nigerian wins Anzisha award Text by Latifat Opoola @LatifatOpoola

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hris Kwekowe, a 22 yearold founder of Slatecub, a Nigerian job placement technology platform has been named winner of the Anzisha 2015 Prize for African Youth Entrepreneurship awards.

Kwekowe, who won the grand sum of $25,000, being the prize of the 5th edition of the African award for youth entrepreneurship, founded Slatecube to increase job access for youth through creating a platform on which they can build job-relevant skills and linking them with virtual internship opportunities that enable them to develop experience.

His vision for the venture is to see it grow into a wide-scale provider of relevant job market access, with increasing ability to open doors for job seekers.

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“I did not believe that I could have won the prize when the competition started. But I feel confident in what I can achieve now given the capital and training that I have received through the Anzisha Prize,” he said.

The Anzisha Prize is a partnership between African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation which seeks to award young entrepreneurs who have developed and implemented innovative solutions to social challenges or started successful businesses within their communities, it stated on its website.

Other winners include, Fabrice Alomo from Cameroon who is the first runner up. He founded ‘My AConnect’, a venture working to increase the ease with which the 17million unbanked people in

Glisten Academy crowned Abuja’s basketball classics champions Text by Joshua Odeyemi

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 Action at the 2014 Mark D’ Ball Basketball tournament at Otukpo, Benue State.

Cameroon transact and gain access to financial services.

Another impressive second runner up was Mabel Suglo from Ghana, founder of Eco Shoes. Her venture offers an assortment of shoes and accessories that are fashionable and Afro-themed, using recycled materials and her employee-base is predominantly disabled individuals as she seeks to increase their economic participation with more jobs.

The Programme Manager, Youth Livelihoods at The MasterCard Foundation, Koffi Assouan said, “over the past five years, we have seen the Anzisha Prize evolve from a one-time prize for social entrepreneurship, to an entire community of young, innovative leaders across Africa who have access to comprehensive support and networking opportunities.”

PHOTO: Joshua Odeyemi

listen International Academy have emerged winners of the maiden edition of Abuja Basketball Classic championship after defeating Kingsville College, Jahi 24-12 in the final match decided at the indoor sports centre of the Abuja National Stadium.

The match was a one-sided affair as Glisten, inspired by the form of forward, John-Paul Opai powered ahead from the start to win the first half 14-8. They garnered another 10 points against Kingsville’s 4 in the second half to emerge champions.

Loyala Jesuit, Kurudu edged Raberto School, Wuse 23-13 to pick up the third position.

In the female category, Louisville Girls Secondary School, Gwagwalada beat Loyala Jesuit, Kurudu 22-12 in the final match to emerge winners while Pacesetters Academy edged out Royal Family Academy 10-6 to earn the third spot.

A total of 24 teams- 12 male and 12 female teams- competed for honours during the two-week basketball fiesta.

Speaking to Daily Trust after the final matches, the coach of Glisten International Academy, Abubakar Abdullahi said his side was able to come top because the boys defended well, stressing that the team made effective use of the skills of Opai, who was eventually voted the Most Valuable Player of the championship, to actualize its strategies.

The organizer of the championship, Tony Ujadughele said he was satisfied with the level of performance of the kids that participated, reiterating that some selected players will attend a training camp in the United States of America next April.

The President of Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Tijani Umar said championships of this nature were very important to the federation, adding that “this is the level where we can get things right, the right player for the right age-grade teams.”

On his part, the NBBF grass root coach, Alex Uwajeh said he has identified no fewer than 30 talented players- 15 males and 15 females who can be groomed to represent Nigeria in future international competitions.

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Vivian Ogu Centre to boost morals among youngsters - Oyegun

Nigerian YALI part icipa ants in a group picture with the counsello r, Mr. Fonma Thomps on Usoro o.

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he Nigeria High commission in Accra, Ghana last week, hosted 36 Nigerian youth who are currently participating in a leadership training and networking programme organized by the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), West Africa Regional Learning Centre.

YALI is a signature programme of President Barack Obama of USA, aimed at investing in the next generation of African leaders by equipping and empowering them with quality leadership training to reposition Africa.

The five-week leadership training programme hosted by Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra, consists of three tracks of Business & Entrepreneurship, Civic leadership and Public Management.

The 36 Nigerian participants are among the 105 selected out of 9,000 applicants across eight Countries in West Africa for

the leadership programme.

The young Nigerians were received by Mr. Fonma Thompson Uzoro, who is the Counsellor in charge of Economy, Trade and Investment at the Commission. He urged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria.

Speaking on behalf of the group, Amujo Temitope, said the participants were ready to use the skills and knowledge they have received at the leadership programme to contribute to the development of Nigeria, stressing that all they needed was the backing of the federal government.

Meanwhile, the participants said they would be delighted to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on their arrival to Nigeria to present their communiqué to him detailing their strategies to supporting his youth agenda.

Report from Reuben Agu and Hameed Muritala, who are among the YALI participants in Ghana.

Child protectors in 15 countries storm Abuja Text by Judd-Leonard Okafor

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hild protection experts from 15 West African countries meet in Abuja by December 8 to chart ways of keeping children on the move safe from hazards.

The West African Network for Protection of Children on the Move (WAN) is an 11-year-old transnational mechanism to protect children moving cross borders.

A two-day steering committee

is under way in Abuja to prepare Nigeria to host the meeting and will present a national report detailing how children on the move can be better protected, Abdulganiyu Abubakar, the Director of Save The Child Initiative, which coordinates child protection networks in the north under WAN said.

He said concern ranged to “children trafficked, or forced into migration, as well as children who on their own decide they are going to travel

irrespective of the consequences or risks involved.”

He said some were influenced by peers but WAN cover will extend to children also leaving home because of terrible situations at home, including child abuse.

The network was started by Guinea, Senegal and Mali after two Guinean children stowed away in an airplane wing to flee to Italy but were discovered dead at a stopover in Belgium, according to Ganiyu.

he Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the proposed Vivian Ogu Centre to be built in Benin City will help promote sound morals and discipline among young ones.

Oyegun who said this recently at the N300million fundraiser in Abuja for developing the Centre called on young ones to emulate Vivian Uchechi Ogu, a 14-year old girl, who led an exemplary holy life by her missionary works and died a heroic death protecting her virginity. He enjoined stakeholders to support the cause generously.

“I am passionate about the story of this little girl. In a nation that has lost bearing of its enviable values, in a nation where people would see white and call it black, the story of this heroic gesture of a mere 14-year old girl who chose to die in defence of her virginity needs to be spread everywhere for all our children to emulate her,” Oyegun said.

Organiser of the fund launch and Dinner, the Edo State based Catholic Church, Vivian Ogu Movement (VOM) said the activities including the youth centre is to promote the legacies of the late Vivian.

Vivian, who hailed from Imo State, born and brought up in Edo State, grew to be a preacher and an advocate of good morals was killed on Sunday November 15, 2009 in Benin City after she resisted rape attempts by robbers who raided her home.

The state government had come to recognise her virtues by donating her death place to the church while naming a street after her. Stakeholders including civil societies have since continued to support the cause to have the youth centre where young ones would be mentored after her lifestyle.

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Text by Bamas Victoria @sinach360 rrangements have the nation’s capital runs through been concluded for the December 14 to 20, 2015 maiden edition of City Speaking at a press conference, Centre Carnival in Abuja. the coordinator of the carnival, The carnival which seeks Shuki Godwin said the event is to promote social cohesion aimed at uniting young people among youth residing within in the FCT.

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He said the activities lined up for the carnival included; beauty pageant, lectures, culinary skills development among others and experts will be available for entrepreneurial skills developments.